Book Reviews
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Eveningby Robert Frost; illustrated by Susan Jeffers32 pp. Dutton 1978 ISBN 0-525-40115-6 $7.95A beautiful picture book, handsomely designed, which is obviously an inspired creation. The illustrator, working with artistry and skill and reflecting both the wintry atmosphere and the natural serenity of the poem,...
I walk through woods to the shore of an island off the coast of Maine. Poems are in my head and in the notebook I carry. You would think, to see me, that I am walking alone, but I feel that poets are with me. They listen, encourage, and respond...
Best books of 1978Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.Picture BooksAnno’s Journey written and illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno (Collins-World)The Snowman written and illustrated by Raymond Briggs (Random)Time to Get Out of the Bath, Shirley...
Best books of 1977Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.Picture BooksWho’s in Rabbit’s House? retold by Verna Aardema, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon (Dial)Anno’s Counting Book written and illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno (Crowell)Come...
by Eric A. KimmelWhen I was a child in Brooklyn there were several people in our neighborhood with numbers — small faint numbers neatly tattooed on the undersides of their wrists. We were not supposed to stare, but I can remember that even at an early age I could not...
Best books of 1976Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.Picture BooksSix Little Ducks retold and illustrated by Chris Conover (Crowell)Wild Robin retold and illustrated by Susan Jeffers (Dutton)A Northern Nativity written and illustrated by...
Natalie Babbitt, Author-Illustrator The Search for Delicious g167 pp. Farrar $3.95Another allegorical story points up the foolishness of a petty argument that leads to a full-scale conflict. The folly begins at court with such a heated disagreement over a definition for "delicious" that DeCree, lexicographer and Prime Minister, sends his...
Best books of 1975Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.Picture BooksAnno’s Alphabet: An Adventure in Imagination written and illustrated by Mitsumasa Anno (Crowell)The Desert Is Theirs written by Byrd Baylor, illustrated by Peter Parnall...
Best books of 1974Chosen annually by our editors, Fanfare is The Horn Book Magazine’s selection of the best children’s and young adult books of the year.Picture BooksEverett Anderson’s Year written by Lucille Clifton, illustrated by Ann Grifalconi (Holt)Where’s Gomer? written by Norma Farber, illustrated by William Pène du Bois (Dutton)Jambo...
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