Ruth Horowitz, Author University of Chicago Press $32.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-226-35378-4
In this study sponsored by various government agencies of a program designed to help inner-city teenage mothers acquire GED (general education development) diplomas, Horowitz, a professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, examines why this
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Ruth Horowitz, illus. by Blanca Gómez. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-545-64521-8
Beatrice, a bear beekeeper, is best friends with her neighbor Abel, a mouse who grows apple trees. In winter, when “the bees and the trees rested,” their friendship endures: “Side by side, they spread crispy toast with apple butter, and sipped warm...
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Ruth Horowitz, Author, Kate Kiesler, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0709-8
Despite its linguistic charms, Horowitz's (Bat Time) quiet text reads more like a science lesson than a full-fledged story. The plot is minimal: under the full moon, seven-year-old Daniel and his mother watch as streams of horseshoe crabs lay their...
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Ruth Horowitz. Stanford Univ, $32 (324p) ISBN 978-1-5036-3886-0
“Dancers who didn’t become stars” take the stage in this valuable sociological study. Drawing on interviews with company and “portfolio” dancers (the latter of whom tend to perform with several companies and put together portfolios to apply), NYU...
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