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Stamaty, Mark Alan
3 Reviews
(2)
4-6
Cartoonist Stamaty's account of how his eight-year-old self discovered rock 'n' roll is rich in character, incident, family dynamics, and period detail. Mark is driven wild by Elvis Presley's music; his mom is driven crazy. Stamaty's dough-faced grinning caricatures glow with a surprising warmth that should reach across generations to grab kids and make them think twice about their grandparents.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2010
(2)
K-3
The action in Stamaty's black ink drawings is immediate and exciting as graphic-novel panels tell about the 2003 rescue of an Iraqi library's books in the midst of the war. A talking book character provides background and narrates the story, describing librarian Alia Baker as a "real-life superhero." Information about the history of libraries in the Middle East is appended.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2005
(3)
1-3
Sam trikes to the city in search of doughnuts. There, he helps Mr. Bikferd collect doughnuts in a wagon and inherits the lot when his boss runs off with Pretzel Annie. Sam then rescues a "Sad Old Woman" by using the doughnuts to soak up coffee she's drowning in (don't ask). Impossibly busy line drawings with humorous details will reward older picture-book readers, adults, and fans of Stamaty's "Boox" comic strip.
Reviewer: Bridget McCaffrey
3 reviews
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