Jane Resh Thomas, Author, Raul Colon, Author, Raul Colon, Illustrator Hyperion Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0189-3
In this affectionate sketch of an African American family's Fourth of July potluck picnic, the real cause for celebration is family companionship. Maggie's relations are a jovial mix: first comes Granny with her ""famous chocolate cake""; baked...
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Raul Colon, Author, Raul Colon, Illustrator . Atheneum/Schwartz $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-84278-8
Imagination takes flight in Colón's (Rise the Moon
) familiar but pleasantly illustrated dream story, which begins when a boy's computer crashes. "I'm bored already!" moans Orson, at which point a jack-in-the-box next to...
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Raúl Colón. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-4424-9492-3
In Colón’s (Baseball Is...) wordless fantasy, a boy lies on his bed, his sketchbook on the floor; he’s lost in a large book titled Africa. As he takes up his sketchbook and begins to draw, small full-color panels of himself setting off across the...
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Raúl Colón. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4814-6273-0
Though Colón (Draw!) grew up in New York City, he didn’t visit the city’s art museums until he was an adult. The powerful idea of encountering original modern masterworks as a child, his author’s note says, inspired this wordless fantasy. Using the...
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Jonah Winter, illus. by Raul Colón. Random/Schwartz & Wade, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-553-53388-0
Winter (The Founding Fathers!) kicks off his enthusiastic profile of 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton by ranking her as the modern-day successor to Queen Elizabeth, Joan of Arc, and Rosie the Riveter. He traces the roots of Clinton’s...
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