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McCurdy, Michael
2 Reviews
(3)
4-6
From ants to zephyr, this alphabetic treatment introduces readers to various aspects of Thoreau's life at Walden Pond. McCurdy references Thoreau's writing and illustrates each page with wood engravings previously published in an edition of Walden. The handsome book is the briefest of introductions to a significant person and place.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
K-3
Naming the months according to Algonquian custom (Hard Times Moon, Snow Blinder Moon, Sap Moon), this book describes the yearly cycle for tribes in what would later become New England and southern Canada. The book focuses on food sources rather than cultural events or other yearly milestones, and the black-and-white scratchboard illustrations are stark and lovely.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
2 reviews
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