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I checked this book out for an assignment last year but ended up not using it. I'm really glad I came back and read it. I love the Dillons. Their illustrations are always so beautiful. There was no reaching for words for less used letters like you so often see in alphabet books. I really liked th...
My wife bought herself this book back in college, having fallen in love with the illustrations and the story, and then she waited twenty years until she had a kid who could appreciate the book as much as she did. Well, that's finally happened: our about-to-be-4-year-old son, Henry, has picked this a...
written by Patricia C McKissack, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Maybe the most beautiful picture book I've ever read in my life. Seriously, the words, the illustrations, the pictures, everything about this book is fantastic.
written by Katherine Patterson, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon I keep seeing that this story is a retelling of a famous Japanese folktale, but I cannot find any other sources for this story. There is a Japanese folktale about mandarin ducks, but it's very different from the story in this book...
This book was probably the most interesting A to Z book I ever came across. Each letter stands for a different African tribe or subculture, and each brief entry covers something special about the tribe and its culture. This is done only in a single paragraph, so don't expect any great depth, but eac...
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