Kathleen Krull, Author . Knopf $14.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-81600-0
This scrapbook-style commemorative volume "showcases the author's talent for distilling history to its anecdotal best," said PW
in a starred review. "Whether for browsing or close study, this extraordinary reference book should be...
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Kathleen Krull, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $24 (115p) ISBN 978-0-679-86198-0
Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the Allied victory in World War II, Krull (Lives of the Writers; Lives of the Musicians) delivers this first-rate commemorative volume. Eminently readable, it showcases her talent for distilling history to...
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Kathleen Krull, Author Audio Bookshelf $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-883332-46-4
Just in time for Women's History Month comes the Audio Bookshelf adaptation of Lives of Extraordinary Women: Rulers, Rebels (and What the Neighbors Thought). The latest book in the excellent Lives of... biography series by Kathleen Krull, illus. by...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, David Hautzig, Photographer Dutton Books $15.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-525-67437-5
These attractive debut titles in the A World of My Own series combine lively photography and simple text to introduce two very different communities. Each book focuses on specific children who live in the area, describing their routines at home, in...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Eric Velasquez, Illustrator , illus. by Eric Velasquez. Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8953-2
Packed with period flair and lush oil illustrations, this picture-book biography spotlights perhaps the greatest name in magic. Exploring the life of a man who, even as a child, reveled in the attention of audiences, Krull (Wilma Unlimited
) and...
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Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer, illus. by Frank Morrison. Crown, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-55024-9
Growing up in the Bronx, Neil deGrasse Tyson rarely saw more than a sprinkling of stars—until he visited the Hayden Planetarium in Manhattan. In this affectionate biography, married coauthors Krull and Brewer describe Tyson’s growing fascination...
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Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer, illus. by Stacy Innerst. Harcourt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-547-50991-4
The trio behind Lincoln Tells a Joke crafts a witty chronicle of the Beatles’s rise to fame, with special attention to their humor and nonchalance. Innerst contributes playful caricatures using thick, blotchy acrylics, while Krull and Brewer speckle
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Paul Brewer, Author, Stacy Innerst, Illustrator , illus. by Stacy Innerst. Harcourt $16 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-206639-0
Krull and her husband, Brewer, begin this unique portrait of Lincoln by cataloguing the reasons he had to be depressed (“His childhood was harsh. He looked homely and he knew it”). Subsequent pages proceed to tell Lincoln's story...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kathleen Krull, Illustrator , illus. by Paul Brewer. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1639-4
Like a chatty coiffeur, Krull (Supermarket) and Brewer's (Oh No, It's Robert) enthusiastic book expounds on outrageous dye jobs, celebrity hairstyles, cueball-headed space aliens and a prehistoric cut given to a caveboy. In its three...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher, Knopf, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-375-85716-4
Krull (Kubla Khan: The Emperor of Everything) details how "the ultimate rich kid," who could have had a life of luxurious ease, grew up to become one of America's most renowned 20th-century leaders. The doted-upon only child of a wealthy New York...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Random, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-85721-8
For their third picture-book biography, Krull, Johnson, and Fancher offer an inspiring and timely portrait of the late Henson. The book covers Henson's upbringing, experimentation with and study of puppetry, and the creation and success of his...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Nancy Zhang. Harper, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-256011-7
In this welcome addition to the growing body of Ruth Bader Ginsburg literature for children, Krull offers a detailed account of the Supreme Court justice’s intellectual and professional development. Krull uses small, careful details and anecdotes to
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Júlia Sardà. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-544-34823-3
Krull’s playful biography of Lewis Carroll highlights the many words that Carroll himself coined: “Their burbles of delight would brighten the tulgey wood around them.” Each word is color-coded to indicate the Carroll work it appears in, and there’s
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Maple Lam. Crown, $17.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-399-55124-6
This entertaining compendium of 15 concise, chatty tales spotlights the relationships among siblings renowned for their achievements, foibles, eccentricities, or birthrights: Wilbur and Orville Wright, Serena and Venus Williams, the Jacksons, and...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Melanie Hope Greenberg, Illustrator Holiday House $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1546-5
Food for Thought Kathleen Krull's matter-of-fact text anchors each spread of Supermarket, while information implanted in Melanie Hope Greenberg's compositions adds substance. For example, an opening spread says, ""It all begins on farms,"" while...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Paul Brewer, Author, Boris Kulikov, Illustrator . Simon & Schuster $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4169-2828-7
True story: a boy discovers he has an unusual command over the muscles in his intestines. With lots of practice and ambition, Joseph Pujol becomes the Fartiste, the fin-de-siècle sensation of the legendary Moulin Rouge. “A bit of...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Boris Kulikov, Illustrator , illus. by Boris Kulikov. Viking $15.99 (124p) ISBN 978-0-670-05920-1
With this illuminating biography, Krull (The Boy on Fairfield Street
) kicks off her planned six-volume Giants of Science series. Krull convincingly portrays her subject, noting the Renaissance man's remarkably far-reaching accomplishments while
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Greg Couch, Illustrator , illus. by Greg Couch. Knopf $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-375-84561-1
This entertaining book explores the life of inventor Philo Farnsworth, who discovered how to transmit images electronically, leading to the first television. Farnsworth’s early days are spent studying science magazines and dreaming about the...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kyrsten Brooker, Illustrator Atheneum Books $19.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-81295-8
Krull follows her witty series of cameo biographies (e.g., Lives of the Presidents) with another engrossing volume, this one devoted to 12 individuals who envisioned the future, sometimes with startling accuracy. Subjects run from the oracles of...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Marcellus Hall. Scholastic/Levine, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-13571-9
From their beginnings as private collections of the rich and powerful to the mass attractions and conservation hubs they are today, zoos have an interesting and sometimes odd history, as Krull (the Lives of... series) details. From Indonesia to...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Amy June Bates, Illustrator , illus. by Amy June Bates. Simon & Schuster $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7129-0
This admiring picture book biography views Hillary Rodham Clinton through one specific lens: her whole life is about breaking gender barriers in pursuit of sky-high goals. Krull begins with Clinton’s childhood ambition to become an astronaut (&
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Amy June Bates. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4169-9158-8
The creators of Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight celebrate the lives of these political icons, spotlighting their personal and professional interactions and underscoring their mutual affection. Short chapters describe the brothers (includ
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kathryn Hewitt, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $22 (96p) ISBN 978-0-15-248010-3
Red was Mozart's favorite color. Beethoven was a slob. Clara Schumann's concerts were so popular that police had to be called in for crowd control. In this enthralling work, Krull dishes 16 of the movers and shakers in musical history--from Vivaldi...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kathryn Hewitt, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $21 (96p) ISBN 978-0-15-200808-6
Krull (Lives of the Writers; Lives of the Athletes) has a proven knack for delivering generous dollops of covert asides along with fun facts and pertinent information when it comes to profiling famous figures. This latest effort does not disappoint.
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kathryn Hewitt, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $5.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-15-277109-6
In this stylish collection, text and music for 15 popular hymns--together with a brief historical note on each--have been set against verdant pastoral illustrations. All ages. (Feb.)
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kathryn Hewitt, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $21 (96p) ISBN 978-0-15-248009-7
As seductive as Krull and Hewitt's Lives of the Musicians, this compendium of brief biographies of literary luminaries is as much fun as a tete-a-tete with a gossipy friend. Krull knows exactly how to captivate her audience; she goes right for the...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, David Diaz, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-201267-0
""No one expected such a tiny girl to have a first birthday,"" begins this inspiring biographical sketch of a legendary track stars. Born in 1940 in Tennessee, the chronically sickly though ""lively"" Rudolph contracted polio just before her fifth...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, David Diaz, Illustrator , illus. by David Diaz. Walker $16.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8027-9554-0
Radiant illustrations and an attention-grabbing narrative introduce the short life and times of Pocahontas, the spirited Powhatan princess of John Smith fame. Krull and Diaz, who collaborated on Wilma Unlimited
, here unite their artistic and...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Steve Johnson, Illustrator, Lou Fancher, Illustrator , illus. by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Random $16.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-375-82298-8
Krull's (V Is for Victory
) fond tribute to Dr. Seuss focuses on the well-loved author/artist's youth. Growing up in Springfield, Mass., Ted Geisel "feasted on books and was wild about animals" and "excelled at fooling around."
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Kevin Hawkes, Illustrator , illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Knopf $17.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-375-83216-1
Krull (Hillary Rodham Clinton
) turns to the frequently failing but resilient man behind the 1900 classic, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
. Her very readable account begins with Lyman Frank Baum’s privileged childhood in a wealthy family and...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, David M. McPhail, Illustrator Hyperion Books for Children $19.99 (181p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0625-6
A host of books offer glimpses into the history, literature, traditions and activities surrounding various cultural festivities. The wit and whimsy of the Emerald Isle can be found in A Pot O' Gold: A Treasury of Irish Stories, Poetry, Folklore,
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Stephen Alcorn, Illustrator , illus. by Stephen Alcorn. Hyperion $16.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1950-8
Krull (Songs of Praise
) presents a personal and affectionate paean to 21 male and three female rock legends, whom she labels "bright icons who changed the old ways and brought in the new." A spread is devoted to each of the stars (save the...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Paul Brewer, Illustrator , illus. by Paul Brewer. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1844-2
In this oxygen-deprived space case, Krull (A Woman for President
, reviewed August 2) and Brewer (paired with Krull for Clip Clip Clip
) follow three aliens through a Halloween-theme Milky Way. The trick-or-treaters pass the Pumpkin planets and "
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Stacy Innerst, Illustrator , illus. by Stacy Innerst. Harcourt $16 (44p) ISBN 978-0-15-201438-4
From pop to classical, jazz to folk and everything in between, Krull's (Lives of the Musicians) hip, witty abecedary offers readers an eclectic smorgasbord of musical tastes, terms, instruments, luminaries and more. First-time illustrator...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Robert Byrd, Viking, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-670-01114-8
The grandson of Genghis Khan, Kubla Khan united the Mongols and built the largest empire of his time. Under his rule, Beijing became a magnificent capital and the arts and sciences flourished. With just enough text to create a comprehensive yet fast-
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Christopher Santoro, Illustrator HarperCollins $4.25 (64p) ISBN 978-0-688-17248-0
Kathleen Krull dishes the dirt on What Really Happened in Roswell? Just the Facts (Plus the Rumors) about UFOs and Aliens, illus. by Christopher Santoro. What started all the talk about flying saucers and alien landings in that isolated New...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Allen Garns, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-679-87232-0
PW described this anthology as ``akin to an invigorating musical tour of American history and American regions.'' All ages. (Apr.)
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Allen Garns, Illustrator, Arlo Guthrie, Introduction by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $20 (145p) ISBN 978-0-394-81991-4
This superbly edited songbook is akin to an invigorating musical tour of American history and American regions. Its flavorsome contents include sea chanteysstet like the 100-year-old ballad ``The Sloop John B. ,'' the traditional square-dance tune ``
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Yuyi Morales, Illustrator , illus. by Yuyi Morales. Harcourt $17 (48p) ISBN 978-0-15-201437-7
Krull (Wilma Unlimited;
the Lives of... series) turns readers' attention to Cesar Chavez (1927–1993), founder of the National Farm Workers Association and champion of migrant workers. A lyrical portrait of a glorious early boyhood on his...
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Kathleen Krull, Author, Jane Dyer, Illustrator , illus. by Jane Dyer. Walker $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8027-8908-2
Krull (Lives of the Presidents
) presents a passionate biography of an oft-overlooked figure in the history of women's rights and presidential politics ("It is time—when the odds against a woman for president are still so high that few
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Peter Malone. Scholastic/Levine, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-439-67640-3
Krull delivers a fascinating and quite funny "history" of humankind's relationship with hair, from furry prehistory to the advent of punk style. With dry wit, Krull examines the follicular fashions and follies of ancient Egyptian, Mexican, and...
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Kathleen Krull. HarperCollins, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-238113-2
This volume tackles the seesaw history of U.S. immigration: “Debates over immigration have been noisy and emotional.... This book tries to explain why.” Krull (The Only Woman in the Photo) begins by pointing out that the people often thought of as “s
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Alexandra Bye. Atheneum, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-9151-8
“When someone opens a door to you, go forward.” Advice from Frances Perkins’s grandmother guided her life. Before she became “the first woman ever to join a presidential cabinet,” Perkins had transformed herself from a quiet observer to an effective
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Maurizio A.C. Quarello. HarperCollins, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-06-274714-3
A passion for flight is the through-line in this straightforward picture book biography of astronaut John Glenn. Krull narrates the key events of Glenn’s life, from his childhood in “small-town Ohio” and lifelong partnership with his childhood...
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Kathleen Krull, illus. by Annie Bowler. Flyaway, $18 (40p) ISBN 978-1-947888-26-5
In this narrative nonfiction picture book, Krull presents the story of Peace Pilgrim, a woman who decided, in the wake of WWII and at the age of 44, to give up her name, former life, and possessions to walk across the United States speaking to...
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