It makes sense for the Caldecott to honor wordless picture books. An author who can tell a compelling story just through their illustrations is of course worthy of praise and accolades. That said, I don't really like wordless picture books. This is just a personal preference. When reading a picture ...
This is the sort of book that makes me wish I had a captive audience of young children, so that I could read it aloud to them. As you might imagine, a book of international endearments is charming.Library copy
I love the beautiful simplicity of this book. A young girl is taught to ride her bike by her dad (or her granddad). He teaches her the mechanics; encourages her; and teaches her the power of persistence. The ink and water color illustrations are pretty, but just a little too "wobbly." It's as though...
a cute, sweet little book of how a friends kind words can make you feel better after someone says nasty or hurtful things about you.** thanks to NetGalley & the publishers for this copy!
I don't really like the cover of this book, and am not too interested in Raschka's style. It seems really clownish and garish (not always, but in this book for sure). But he also controls it very well, and I find his compositions and human expressive use of human figures to be in a tight complementa...
Raschka's spare brush strokes remind me of Chinese calligraphy. In keeping with the Eastern art tradition, he sticks to the integrity of the flat surface. There's been a big return to the non-representational, impressionistic picturebook over the past decade, which is a nice trend. This book reminds...
A ripply suggestion of a dog plays with a round dot that is supposed to conjure a ball in this wordless mess. Somewhere, Randolph Caldecott is saying in a quiet, genteel English accent, "Why, I'm not sure, old chap, but at least I could bloody well DRAW."
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