As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
45 pp.
| Abbeville |
May, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-7892-0250-6$$16.95
(4)
4-6
Published spring 1998. This hard-to-classify volume demonstrates the fundamentals of chess via a fictional story about a man named Sissa who created the game. Sissa describes how the image of each piece (king, rook, etc.) relates to its range of movement on the board. This information is memorably related, although more difficult concepts of the game are less successfully explained. The artwork is often striking but inconsistent in style.