Review: “A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back” by Ursula K. Le Guin
Thumbs up for A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back by Ursula K. Le Guin. Children’s.
I love Dala horses. Le Guin is reliably great. The watercolors are lovely. Entirely delightful.… >> Read more
Review: “Alfie’s Feet” by Shirley Hughes
Thumbs up for Alfie’s Feet by Shirley Hughes. Children’s.
The plot is nothing to speak of, even for a pictorial kids’ book, but Shirley Hughes has long been one of my favorite illustrators; if she painted Fungi of the World I’d admire it.… >> Read more
Review: “The Night Gardener” by the Fan Brothers
Thumbs up for The Night Gardener by the Fan Brothers. Children’s.
You know it, a kids’ book like this is not about the story. It’s about the art. And oh, it’s lovely.… >> Read more
Review: “The Day the Crayons Quit” by Drew Daywalt
Neither thumbs up nor thumbs down for The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt. Children’s.
Amusing enough if you don’t mind bitchy art supplies, but, as far as I’m concerned, the author missed a perfectly good opportunity to introduce tykes to the concept of collective bargaining.… >> Read more
Review: “Underwear: What We Wear Under There” by Ruth Freeman Swain
Thumbs up for Underwear: What We Wear Under There by Ruth Freeman Swain, illustrated by John O’Brien. Children’s history.
Quite cute. Rather embarrassing to admit: my knowledge of the history of underwear already surpasses this book.
… >> Read more“N” Day was May 15th, 1940, the day when nylon stockings first went on sale to the public. Across the country [US] crowds waited for hours outside stores.
Review: “Mongolia” et al. by Jan Reynolds
Thumbs up for Mongolia; Far North; Himalaya; Sahara by Jan Reynolds. Children’s nonfiction.
Really lovely photography books from the Vanishing Cultures series.… >> Read more
Review: “It’s a Book” by Lane Smith
Thumbs up for It’s a Book by Lane Smith. Children’s.
The donkey wants to know what a book can do. Very amusing, and you’ll laugh out loud on the last page. A children’s book, but the humor will possibly be better appreciated by older people.… >> Read more
Review: “Christina Katerina & the Box” by Patricia Lee Gauch
Thumbs up for Christina Katerina & the Box by Patricia Lee Gauch, illustrated by Doris Burn. Children’s.
Oh, simply lovely. This is childhood in a book.
… >> Read moreBest of all she liked big boxes. So she was happy indeed one sleepy summer day – when even her sometimes-friend Fats Watson was out of town – to see a truck deliver a great, tall box.