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Stock, Catherine
4 Reviews
(4)
K-3
When his animals sneak off to Manhattan, French farmer Monsieur Monmouton hops a plane to New York to find them. Like this book's predecessor (A Spree in Paree), the promising premise never really takes off as a satisfying romp or pun-filled tour. Stock's loose ink and watercolor art, however, offers a pleasant and nuanced view of the city.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(4)
K-3
Monsieur Monmouton works hard on his little farm in the French countryside. When he gets an invitation to visit Paris, his livestock pile into the car, ready for a day taking in the sights and sounds of Paris. The watercolor art is expressive, but it and the story fail to fully capture the potential humor of the situation.
Reviewer: Susan Halperin
(3)
K-3
Illustrated in watercolors, this charming story relates an African city-girl's visit to a bush village. Readers get a look at subsistence farming in a dry country and get to hear a snippet of a folktale. Most fascinating is the girl's grandmother (based on a real person), who sculpts mud animals and paints her house with available pigments, turning the village into a huge folk-art exhibit until the rains come to renew the canvas. Glos.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(3)
K-3
In her book about a small island populated only in summer, Stock's graceful, poetic text conveys the rhythms of island life. Her detailed pencil and watercolor artwork complements the text, showing an eye-catching variety of people and their summer activities. Perhaps aiming for the universal "island summer" of the title, the text never specifies the setting--though the distinctive illustrations portray a Greek island.
Reviewer: Martha Sibert
4 reviews
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