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Wright, Johanna
4 Reviews
(4)
K-3
"I have a feeling I'm in the wrong pit." A snake wanders into an orchestra pit and starts exploring, giving readers a front-row introduction to different instruments. This is a slight premise for a story, but Wright's blithe cartoon illustrations provide lighthearted humor, such as when the snake listens, entranced, to the oboe. The snake's dry narration plays it straight.
Reviewer: Paula M. Cairo
(2)
PS
A young bunny with a penchant for pink and polka dots proclaims that she is a champion ice-skater, but the illustrations paint a more realistic picture. Wright captures the intensity of childhood obsession as well as her character's persistent optimism. The color-saturated illustrations, with their almost palpable texture, will pull readers into the bunny's small world.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2013
(3)
K-3
An omniscient narrator warns readers about bandits supposedly terrorizing a neighborhood: "They sneak and they creep. / Doing just what they please." Telling a different story are the illustrations, which depict a family of raccoons making nonthreatening nighttime mischief as neighbors look on. The text is tongue-in-cheek without going overboard, and there's much to look at in the starlit scenes.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
(3)
K-3
"Somewhere, deep in the city of Paris, there is a circus that is so small, and so secret...only the mice know how to find it." In this hushed tale, muted illustrations show Parisian mice gathering under the base of a merry-go-round for their own private circus. Wright's soft art is captivating; the quiet text is effectively spare.
Reviewer: Rebecca Hachmyer
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