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Hannigan, Katherine
4 Reviews
(3)
K-3
Gwendolyn Grace, a noisy alligator, learns to be quiet when her baby sibling is asleep; when baby's awake, the family "can all play together." The abundance of visual space highlights her mother's short word-bubble directives and Gwendolyn Grace's rambunctious romps in the kitchen, hanging from the chandeliers, etc. Observant readers will notice a small duck sidekick adding more humor on each page.
Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty
(2)
4-6
Delly, eleven, is constantly in trouble for her impulsive and pugnacious behavior. Mysterious new classmate Ferris Boyd--skittish and mute--helps Delly learn to restrain herself as they slowly build a friendship. Hannigan's strengths are in a richly conveyed setting, with much of the novel taking place outdoors, and in her ability to depict with tremendous compassion a potentially unappealing main character.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011
(2)
1-3
The mayor of Neatasapin, Orson Oliphant, bullies everyone into inordinate tidiness and forbids all things wild. Emmaline, lonely and independent of spirit, befriends a wild bunny and, empowered by new ideas, enlists her parents to invite wildlife back into the community. The didacticism is lightened by Hannigan's quirky, staccato style, studded with whimsical nonsense; the book's open format; and pleasant full-color watercolors.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2009
Hannigan, Katherine
Ida B: ...and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster, and (Possibly) Save the World
(2)
4-6
Ida B lives a bucolic life on her family's Wisconsin farm as a cherished, home-schooled girl, with plenty of time to talk to trees (which, by the way, talk back). But when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, everything changes. With her strong insight and quirky way of putting things, first-time author Hannigan is clearly an author to watch.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2004
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