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George, Lindsay Barrett
7 Reviews
(3)
PS
A puppy uncovers ten acorns from around the yard. The squirrel that hid those acorns is upset, but the two make a friendly game out of returning them to their hiding spots. This gentle and simply told tale of friendship is just right for preschoolers, who will be drawn to the big-eyed animals on clean, white backgrounds.
Reviewer: Sethany Rancier Alongi
(3)
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Pup Maggie is eager to find someone to play with. When her little yellow ball rolls down the hill, she dashes after it, encountering a variety of shops and people along the way. Eventually she finds her plaything and makes a new friend, too. Clean-lined gouache art illustrates Maggie's adventures, which end in a peaceful nap with her new companion.
Reviewer: Cindy Lombardo
(4)
K-3
Alfred the aardvark lives with his mother on the A page of a dictionary. When his pet ant wanders away, Alfred digs his way down to Z to find him. Mama saves them, and then they tour a zoo. This take on traditional alphabet books is convoluted, but its unfussy watercolor and ink pictures nicely support the book's flights of fancy.
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden
(4)
PS
Mr. Snail asks the mouse, "Can you keep a secret?" When the mouse agrees, the secret is shared over and over again from mouse to beetle, beetle to turtle, etc., with all the garden creatures. There is no surprise when the secret comes full circle. The slight text operates as a vehicle to showcase the unusual art created with watercolors and a variety of materials.
Reviewer: Hilary Breed Van Dusen
(2)
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Parallel events, related in constrasting colors of type on facing pages, emanate from two alternating narrations: "Inside my house / there is a mouse, / Outside my house / there is a mouse, / who sleeps in a clock. / who sleeps in a stump"--and so on, as similar activities of the mice are contrasted on each spread. The book lends itself to participation, and the pen and gouache art is both decorative and elegantly precise.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2004
(3)
PS
A boy draws a picture of a rabbit and daydreams about what they could do together, deciding that if it were real, he would let it go free. The spare text achieves an understated intimacy, and the gouache illustrations employ a striking effect: finely textured realistic depictions of the boy and the rabbit are set against backgrounds rendered with the simplicity of a child's drawing.
Reviewer: Erica L. Stahler
(2)
K-3
In the fourth entry in the popular series, Miss Lewis, teacher and world traveler, shares her observations of fauna with her class via letters, "photographs," and paintings as she completes a grant-funded trip around the world in search of indigenous wildlife. The premise works, and the double-page spreads of animals are superbly rendered to provide sufficient detail and maximum appeal.
Reviewer: Elizabeth S. Watson
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 1999
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