The Horn Book Guide

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Herkert, Barbara

A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E. B. White

40 pp. | Holt/Ottaviano | October, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-62779-245-5 $18.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Lauren Castillo. White is introduced in spare text and warm images, with a focus on his love of nature and animals plus the creation of his first two children's books. Herkert effectively evokes White's own prose, filled with sensory detail and phrases that roll off the tongue. Castillo's illustrations mirror the text with natural colors and lively drawings of the young boy growing into the adult writer. Bib.

Reviewer: Monica Edinger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2017