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Historical February 1986 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Many children’s books have stunning illustrations.
Some earn tangible recognition in the form of awards or medals. Others go unnoticed except for the lucky child who checks them out. Ashanti to Zulu: African Traditions won the Caldecott Medal in 1976. Lavish, full-color paintings represent different African tribes in an alphabet book format. Much more than an alphabet book, the text and pictures reveal the diversity and richness of African cultures. Animal Alphabet is a huge book with huge letters, each represented by an exquisitely drawn animal perched on, or under, or hanging from its letter. Children can guess the animals or look in the back of the book for the animal answers, a list which includes a Dodo, an X-ray Fish, and other unusual creatures. Striking black and white pencil drawings in blue frames tell the griping story of The Man Who Could Call Down Owls.
The book has a magical, folk-tale quality as it describes the battle between a man who loves birds and an evil stranger who is greedy for power. Topsy-Turvies, Pictures to Stretch the Imagination does just that. Whimsical elves populate pages of colorful optical illusions, standing upside-down, going up and down the down and up staircases, getting lost in mazes, and looking as puzzled as the reader probably does by the ingenious rooms, situations, and gadgets that the illustrator has created.
On every page there are “impossibilities” that will intrigue readers of all ages. Where the River Begins is a very special book. Every other page is a luminous, full-color oil painting worthy of framing.
The story, as affecting as the pictures, describes the journey of an old man and his two grandsons to the source of a nearby river.
The words and landscapes are so vivid that you can almost smell the cool mountain air and feel the warmth of the campfire.
This is a celebration of nature and family life by a very gifted artist.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1986.
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