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Creepy Crayon! [Creepy Tales!] by Aaron Reynolds; illus. by Peter Brown Primary Simon 48 pp. g 8/22 978-1-5344-6588-6 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-6589-3 $10.99 Reynolds and Brown (Creepy Carrots!; Creepy Pair of Underwear!, rev. 9/17) are back to haunt another innocuous item: your crayons! Jasper Rabbit could use...
The Wild Robotby Peter Brown; illus. by the authorIntermediate Little, Brown 279 pp.4/16 978-0-316-38199-4 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-316-38201-4 $9.99When five shipping crates from a doomed ship crash ashore on a deserted island, only one of them — containing our robot protagonist — is lucky enough to survive undamaged. ROZZUM unit 7134...
In our May/June 2016 issue, our editors asked Peter Brown about thematic similarities between his 2014 BGHB Picture Book Award–winning picture book Mr. Tiger Goes Wild and his new sci-fi Robinsonade The Wild Robot. Read the full review of The Wild Robot.Horn Book editors: Though it’s a very different book,...
Mr. Tiger's relationship with good manners — and his clothes — reflects a reality for lots of young children. They can try to be good for a while, but afterwards they just have to take a break and be themselves.The urge to let it all hang out is an old...
Mr. Tiger's relationship with good manners — and his clothes — reflects a reality for lots of young children. They can try to be good for a while, but afterwards they just have to take a break and be themselves.The urge to let it all hang out is an old...
First, I have to thank my editor, Alvina Ling, who has become a great friend of mine. She lives two blocks away from me, so that’s pretty sweet. We get to go for the occasional cocktail on the company. It’s a totally legitimate business expense.Alvina gives me lots of room...
If you look at the children’s books I’ve illustrated, you’ll notice that I like to experiment with different media. My early books were illustrated using acrylic paint, and then I incorporated gouache, and then I experimented with pencil and cut-paper and collage. I like to challenge myself, so I’m always...
On Tuesday Robin took a second look at Journey and Mr. Wuffles!; today I am grouping another two books with, perhaps, little in common except their excellence, their top-notch production values, their presence on many mock Caldecott winning ballots—and the distinct possibility that they’ll find a place on the real...
Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 48 pp.9/13 978-0-316-20063-9 $18.00Mr. Tiger walks upright and wears a top hat and a handsome coat with a bow tie, fitting in with the rest of society. But his orange fur provides the only...
Mr. Tiger, you rascal. The first time I saw art from this book, I wondered if I might be suffering from leaf motif overload. Between Jon Klassen and Lane Smith and a heap of others, I was beginning to tire of stylized leaves and trees, especially the ones that are...