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Cummings, Pat
3 Reviews
(2)
4-6
When Trace, who has terrifying flashbacks to the car accident that killed his parents, researches a school history project at the New York Public Library, the ghost of a tearful little boy fixates on him. The project leads Trace to the horrific 1863 burning of the Colored Orphan Asylum and to connections with his life. This suspenseful and well-paced offering strikes a solid balance between ghost story and school story, past and present.
Reviewer: Eboni Njoku
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2019
(3)
PS
In this jaunty story in rhyme, Amanda Lynne's mother continually calls for her daughter to help with the baby, repeating, "What an angel he can be." The pictures tell a different story: Amanda Lynne prevents one mishap after another and cleans up after her rambunctious brother. The illustrations use simple lines and bright colors to show, despite the chaos, Amanda Lynne's wry affection for the "angel baby."
Reviewer: Anne St. John
(4)
PS
Harper Growing Tree series.
This rowdy rhyme for toddlers to join in on begins, "My aunt came back / from Timbuktu / She brought me back / a wooden shoe," and adds a new gift with each spread. Cummings's exuberant chant and artwork are marred only by the confusing inclusion of final good-byes in five languages that feel as if they should match the places mentioned in the book, but don't. Neither do the presents, actually.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
3 reviews
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