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Reid, Barbara
6 Reviews
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PS
With brief text and her signature three-dimensional clay illustrations, Reid give readers new ways to notice the sky, an "ever-changing, / always open, everyone / welcome art gallery." Reid layers, smears, scrapes, and stamps colored clay to create storms, constellations, sunsets, and the Northern Lights. The results are slightly stiff but intriguing.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
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K-3
In a series of vibrant Plasticine compositions, Reid focuses attention on tree shapes, colors, and textures: wet black bark in a rainstorm, an evergreen bowed down with snow, the staring knotholes of a birch. Parallel to these tree portraits are linked human stories, with one tree shading a trio of awkward teen boys, longing to be cool. The premise is original; the artistry, stunning.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2013
(2)
K-3
Two boys celebrate the joys of a big snowfall. Reid's visually inventive illustrations create lively winter scenes. Comic panels alongside help move the action forward, as the smaller boy struggles to build a snowman while the bigger boy tries to build a fort; the two end up combining forces. Reid captures their exuberance, with Plasticine providing a three-dimensional effect.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2012
(3)
K-3
In this companion story to Two by Two, Fox, who's usually a loner, follows his instincts, shadowing the many animal couples walking to a boat. As with the Reid's previous Noah's ark volume, the illustrations--textured Plasticine flattened and shaped into animal tableaux--will make readers look twice.
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
(3)
K-3
Dissatisfied with life in his overcrowded subway tunnel, Nib the mouse goes in search of the fabled Tunnel's End. He finds a mate on the way, and they continue the quest together, until at last they reach the perilous but wonderful world outside. The detailed, expressive illustrations, created from plasticine and found objects, will have readers poring over Nib's adventures.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
(3)
K-3
When a girl and her sister reluctantly arrive at a huge family party, they worry about how to break the ice with their cousins. Soon all the children begin bragging about their exploits and join in wild, galloping games. By late evening, the girl doesn't want to go home. The lively rhyme and bright Plasticine illustrations bring the party to life.
Reviewer: Patricia Riley
6 reviews
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