Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert is a quietly impressive little book. I’m not the first to think so: it was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1990. Still, it is worth a few words because of just how well done it is. There’s little or no story here, but there’s no need for one. It’s a […]
Thoughts on Ox-Cart Man
Hmm. I recently read Ox-Cart Man for the first time, and I’m of two minds about it. On one hand, it is lovely, in both text and image. It is easy to see why it won the Caldecott Medal in 1980. And how could it not be lovely? Author Donald Hall was an accomplished poet: […]
There’s a new David book!
Yeah! There’s a new David book. That is to say, this week David Shannon published another book in his fantastic picture book series featuring David. Shannon started with No, David! (1998) and followed that with books like David Goes to School and David Gets in Trouble. No, David! was a Caldecott Honor book, and deservedly […]
Today I heard (and reread)
Someone mentioned Blueberries for Sal today, and I realized I hadn’t read it for years. That’s not really a surprise. It came out in 1948, and so was old before I was born. But it is a classic for a reason, and if you don’t know the title, you might know another book by the […]