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Green Tiger
6 Reviews
(4)
K-3
A propensity to mix up his Gs and Ds causes young Hector to summon up a fairy dogfather rather than the usual sort for help in getting his mother a birthday present. The St. Bernard dogfather is handsome and erudite, though he lacks the rather more doglike benevolence of the author/artist's Carl. The writing is mundane, but the wish-granting story will have appeal.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
(3)
K-3
Frank and Ernest, the bear and elephant duo, take a temporary job as managers of the Elmville Mudcats--and with it a crash course in baseball jargon. Sports fans will enjoy the text with its in-the-know lingo (also defined for the uninitiated, like the main characters). Day's play-it-straight paintings--except for the elephant and bear in the infield--convey much of the spirit of baseball.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(3)
K-3
Elephant Ernest and bear Frank help out at a diner. The book is primarily a showcase for diner slang: "a stack with Vermont" is pancakes with syrup, "a nervous pudding" is Jell-O, etc. Day's mock-dignified illustrations, lush and attractive, add dimension to the entertaining story. A diner glossary is included to aid comprehension.
Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth
(4)
K-3
This collection includes works from Walt Whitman, Robert Louis Stevenson, Lewis Carroll, and many others. Each is accompanied by a warmly old-fashioned illustration (e.g., Jessie Willcox Smith's painting for Stevenson's "Picture-Books in Winter" shows a girl in a window seat wearing Mary Janes and an heirloom dress). There's no index, and the poems aren't organized thematically.
Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot
(4)
K-3
This gift book contains twelve well-known stories, with illustrations by such luminaries as Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham, L. Leslie Brooke, and Berta and Elmer Hader. No authors or sources are given for the variety of tales, which include "The Three Little Pigs," "Puss-in-Boots," and "Sleeping Beauty."
Reviewer: Melinda Greenblatt
(3)
PS
Nostalgia buffs and those interested in children's book illustrations will find this handsome Mother Goose collection a particularly felicitous one as it pairs each rhyme with two artistic interpretations from a period ranging from the 1870s through the 1960s. Luminaries such as Walter Crane, Randolph Caldecott, and Arthur Rackham are represented along with many other lesser-known talents.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
6 reviews
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