Book Reviews
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,...
Flip Flap Farm (September 2013), Nosy Crow’s latest app and companion to the split-page board book of the same name, takes the barnyard animal fun of its predecessor, Animal SnApp: Farm, and presents it in the style of a body flip book. Eleven top halves of various animals pair with...
To honor National Poetry Month in April, we’re spotlighting notable novels in verse from the past year. From illustrated lighthearted verse to historical fiction to contemporary realism, this eclectic potpourri of Horn Book Guide–recommended novels showcases the form and gives readers — from primary-age kids to older teens — good...
*from The House at Pooh CornerPoetry can be used to examine and celebrate the world we live in and the worlds we invent. A great way to observe National Poetry Month is to share the following exemplary poetry books for young children featuring the calming rhythms of lullaby, the humorous...
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poemsby Marilyn Singer;
illus. by Josée MassePrimary Dial 32 pp.2/13 978-0-8037-3769-3 $16.99 g“It’s not easy,” warns Singer in a note about the “reverso,” a verse form she created and first used in Mirror Mirror (rev. 3/10); and the first poem (“Fairy Tales”) in this...
My Brother’s Bookby Maurice Sendak;
illus. by the authordi Capua/HarperCollins 32 pp.2/13 978-0-06-223489-6 $18.95 gIf, as Wordsworth wrote, “poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity,” Sendak’s vision of a Dante-esque search for his beloved brother Jack (1924–1995) is poetry in...
Animal SnApp, developer Nosy Crow's latest series of preschooler apps, kicks off with Animal SnApp: Farm (October 2012) illustrated by Axel Scheffler.Six alliteratively named barnyard denizens are introduced in a puzzle which asks users to swipe their screen and align the animals' top and bottom halves. Correctly matching the pieces...
The McElderry Book
of Mother Goose: Revered and Rare Rhymescompiled by Petra Mathers;
illus. by the compilerPrimary, Intermediate McElderry 96 pp.8/12 978-0-689-85605-1 $21.99e-book ed. 978-1-4424-5314-2 $12.99Not since Leonard Marcus’s Mother Goose’s Little Misfortunes (rev. 11/90) has there been such a delightfully idiosyncratic selection. Drawn mostly from the canonical Opies (see...
Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dressesby Ron Koertge; illus. by Andrea DezsöHigh School Candlewick 88 pp.7/12 978-0-7636-4406-2 $19.99A much-honored poet and novelist retells, in free verse and from various points of view, twenty-three familiar tales (mostly Grimm, Andersen, and Perrault). With a contemporary sensibility and voice, Koertge pitches directly...
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