Book Reviews
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...
The Horn Book's publications don’t typically review books from the UK, but when several intriguing titles from a new imprint crossed my desk, I thought they deserved mention.Flying Eye Books, a children’s book imprint of UK publisher Nobrow Press, started up in February of 2013 with the goal “to bring...
Giving Thanks: Poems, Prayers, and Praise Songs of Thanksgiving edited by Katherine Paterson; illus. by Pamela DaltonAll Ages Handprint/Chronicle 56 pp.10/13 978-1-4521-1339-5 $18.99Paterson divides this collection of brief prayers, poems, and meditations into thanks for food, life, spirit, and community. Her selection is catholic and spans the centuries,...
illustration by Maurice Sendak, from Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present.Former publisher of children's books at HarperCollins and immortal author of picture books Charlotte Zolotow has died at the age of 98. As an editor and publisher she was quite a force, bringing us such revelations as The Pigman and...
by Charlotte ZolotowThe more I try to analyze children’s books — or the fusion of feelings and events that goes into writing for children — the more I realize what a mystery children’s thoughts are and what a mystery the whole process of writing for children is. Part of it...
Photo: Nathan YungerbergIn the November/December 2013 Horn Book Magazine, reviewer Robin Smith asked author Daniel Beaty about making his own childhood experience relatable to many readers in his picture book Knock Knock. Read the review here.Robin L. Smith: Your own story is so specific — your dad was in jail...
Knock Knock: My Dad’s Dream for Meby Daniel Beaty; illus. by Bryan CollierPreschool, Primary Little, Brown 40 pp.12/13 978-0-316-20917-5 $18.00Each morning, a little boy looks forward to playing the knock-knock game with his father. The boy pretends to be asleep until his dad approaches. “Then I get up and jump...
Little Santaby Jon Agee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Dial 40 pp.10/13 978-0-8037-3906-2 $17.99 gIt’s easy to distinguish Santa from his parents and six siblings (Larry, Mary, Willy, Millie, Joey, Zoe). They’re all much older, and depressed as only Agee grownups can be; Santa’s the happy little one in the...
Photo by Catherine Wink.In the September/October 2013 Horn Book Magazine, reviewer K. T. Horning asked Chris Raschka about illustrating scary emotional situations in When Lions Roar. Read the review here.K. T. Horning: For many young children, a roaring parent is even scarier than a roaring lion. How did you approach...
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