The Horn Book Guide

LITERATURE

Moore, Lilian

Mural on Second Avenue: And Other City Poems

32 pp. | Candlewick | April, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-7636-1987-6 $16.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Roma Karas. Few surpass Moore's genius at translating experience and observation into poetry for the very young. The late poet's ability to write of the commonplace, uncommonly, is handsomely showcased in this picture book collection of seventeen city poems (all but one previously published). Rich, vibrant oil paintings saturate the pages and reveal a skilled sense of composition and color. Ind.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2005