Picturebook Review

Ballywhinney Girl by Eve Bunting My rating: 4 of 5 stars I usually try to post about a picture book on Friday's for my blog, but this one is not so much a picture book as it is a story book with illustrations. I really enjoyed reading this and I think that I would have … Continue reading Picturebook Review

Picturebook Friday

Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage My rating: 5 of 5 stars Really fun book! Stephen Savage uses bright, bold colors that really pop and simple lines to create some incredible illustrations for this wordless picture book. His use of negative white space and perspective gives the pictures depth without shading. It has a real retro … Continue reading Picturebook Friday

Picturebook Friday

I Want My Hat Back   by Jon Klassen Possibly, one of the best picturebooks I have seen in years. Truly. I was lucky enough to get an autographed copy of this book at BEA last year. And not an ARC. An Honest-to-Goodness hardcover copy - with an autograph!! Totally psyched. Still am, apparently. I … Continue reading Picturebook Friday

Picturebook Friday

So I grabbed this book off my shelf in my office this morning to do this week's Picturebook Friday post. And then I remembered that I had actually written a paper on this book in my History of Publishing class in grad school. Lo and behold....I still have it! Well, it wasn't really that long … Continue reading Picturebook Friday