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Egielski, Richard
6 Reviews
(3)
PS
Paper engineering by Gene Vosough. The familiar nursery song is illustrated with six full-page pop-ups. Egielski's signature illustrations feature clean pastel colors, smiling top hat–wearing cartoon insects, and a whimsical village with sky-high flowers and homes built of teapots, salt shakers, and the like. Although a bit fragile for toddlers to handle alone, this will be an irresistible addition to story time.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
PS
One night a little vampire in his graveyard bed can't sleep. He blames his fellow creatures--flitting bats ("FLAPPITY!--FLAP!"), crawling cockroaches ("SCRATCHITY--SCRATCH!"), etc.--until he remembers that he's nocturnal: "Don't you see? / It wasn't bedtime yet for me." Despite the ghoulish milieu, kids will have nothing to fear from the rhythmic, noise-filled story with ink and watercolor illustrations of cartoony monsters.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(2)
K-3
Jack builds an airplane from a kit for his "best toy pal," Captain Sky Blue. Boy and toy become separated after Sky's plane is struck by lightning. Sky parachutes out, falling into a place he recognizes. Egielski's art-deco depiction of Santa's workshop includes an elegant sleigh, whose piloting Sky takes over. Airplane aficionados or not, listeners will thrill to this exciting tale.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2010
(2)
K-3
Hearing a cat trying to force honest rat Slim to steal some jewels, nice mouse Jim investigates. Slim and Jim tumble from a roof and into the river, whence Slim heroically rescues Jim; the two bond over their enthusiasm for yo-yos. Later, the two friends bring the cat burglar to justice--with their yo-yo tricks. The story line is tried but true to the tastes of young readers. Egielski's expressive animals are delightfully engaging.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2002
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PS
Three rubber balls magically change into gigantic bouncing creatures, escorting a boy on a fantastic adventure and saving a plane from crashing. In a motif familiar from Strega Nona, the boy must blow a magic whistle to turn the creatures back into balls again. Egielski's trademark hard-edged, colorful images popularize this strange tale, which amuses but lacks heart.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin
(3)
K-3
While housesitting for some moth magicians, Jazper, an insect, reads their books and learns the art of shape-changing. The sinister moths are furious when Jazper's new skill makes him famous, and an exciting battle of transformations follows, from which Jazper emerges victorious. In this entomological "Sorcerer's Apprentice," Egielski portrays Bugtown and its inhabitants in amusing, meticulous detail.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
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