The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Greenberg, Jan , Jordan, Sandra

Action Jackson

32 pp. September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-7613-1682-5 $$16.95 | Library ISBN 0-7613-2770-3 $$23.90

(1) K-3 Illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. The trio of collaborators presents the complex, reserved artist Jackson Pollock with few words and large watercolor and pen illustrations. What Pollock paints is shown minimally with a few strokes; the focus is the figure of the painter stretching his body across the canvas. Additional biographical information and extensive notes are appended. This is a book with the energy and expression to match its subject.

Reviewer: Lolly Robinson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2002