The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Johnson, Dinah

Sunday Week

32 pp. | Holt | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-8050-4911-8 $$15.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Tyrone Geter. This sentimental, nostalgic piece of African-Americana centers the week on Sunday, a day that bursts with such joyous and reverent activity that author and illustrator give it as many pages of art and text as the rest of the week combined. Johnson's lyric verse evokes warm and honest images of home and love and God, and Geter's palette matches the mood of church ecstasy or subdued worship as a family prays at the table.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999