Comments on: Trying Not to Be Part of the Problem http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:48:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Melissa Henderson http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Melissa Henderson Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:48:41 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-564 Two picture book titles that everyone MUST read, right now...stop what you're doing and go read "Ain't Gonna Paint No More" and "Mabel O'Leary Put Peas in Her Ear-y." Both are excellent for print motivation (books that are fun!) and phonological awareness (books that sound fun). Two picture book titles that everyone MUST read, right now…stop what you’re doing and go read “Ain’t Gonna Paint No More” and “Mabel O’Leary Put Peas in Her Ear-y.” Both are excellent for print motivation (books that are fun!) and phonological awareness (books that sound fun).

]]> By: Keir http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-550 Keir Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:16:23 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-550 Thanks, everybody! I took the liberty of hyperlinking the titles to their Booklist reviews. I know I plan to follow up on these suggestions...and I think my karma may be getting back in balance. Thanks, everybody! I took the liberty of hyperlinking the titles to their Booklist reviews. I know I plan to follow up on these suggestions…and I think my karma may be getting back in balance.

]]> By: Carolyn Phelan http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Carolyn Phelan Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:18:26 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-547 In honor of Halloween, I recommend two picture books in which the main characters cleverly trick Death: the shoemaker in Teresa Bateman's <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1589700" rel="nofollow">Keeper of Soles</a> (first U.S. picture book illustrated by Yayo, a Columbian artist now living in Canada) and the grandmother in Yuyi Morales' <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=560334" rel="nofollow">Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book</a>. For the younger set, try board book <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=263329" rel="nofollow">Five Little Pumpkins</a> by Dan Yaccarino and <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=914514" rel="nofollow">Mouse's First Halloween</a>, written by Lauren Thompson and illustrated by Buket Erdogan. In honor of Halloween, I recommend two picture books in which the main characters cleverly trick Death: the shoemaker in Teresa Bateman’s Keeper of Soles (first U.S. picture book illustrated by Yayo, a Columbian artist now living in Canada) and the grandmother in Yuyi Morales’ Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book.
For the younger set, try board book Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino and Mouse’s First Halloween, written by Lauren Thompson and illustrated by Buket Erdogan.

]]> By: Colleen http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-523 Colleen Fri, 27 Oct 2006 22:33:42 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-523 I actually review picture books twice a year for Eclectica Magazine (here's my current "roundup": <a href="http://www.eclectica.org/v10n4/mondor_picture_06.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.eclectica.org/v10n4/mondor_picture_06.html</a>). I would especially recommend <em><a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1737124" rel="nofollow">Alpha Oops</a></em> by Alethea Kontis. It's a funny look at the order of the alphabet, and allows the letters to have quite the sense of humor. (And the art is amazing.) There are a bunch of blogs that follow picture books in the kid litosphere - send me an email if you want to know some places to keep up on this genre. I actually review picture books twice a year for Eclectica Magazine (here’s my current “roundup”: http://www.eclectica.org/v10n4/mondor_picture_06.html).

I would especially recommend Alpha Oops by Alethea Kontis. It’s a funny look at the order of the alphabet, and allows the letters to have quite the sense of humor. (And the art is amazing.)

There are a bunch of blogs that follow picture books in the kid litosphere - send me an email if you want to know some places to keep up on this genre.

]]> By: Ilene Cooper http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Ilene Cooper Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:36:55 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-521 Three great picture books from 2006: Kate McMullen's truck book <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1744843" rel="nofollow">I'm Dirty</a>, a follow up to her terrific book about a garbage truck, <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=202446" rel="nofollow">I Stink</a>. Tracy Campbell Pearson does a wonderful job of illustrating Stevenson's poem, <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1695990" rel="nofollow">The Moon</a>, and Amy Krouse Rosenthal offers life lessons served up sweetly in <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=1611704" rel="nofollow">Cookies</a>. One to look for in 07 How to Be A Baby by Me, the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by Sue Heap. Fun! Three great picture books from 2006: Kate McMullen’s truck book I’m Dirty, a follow up to her terrific book about a garbage truck, I Stink.
Tracy Campbell Pearson does a wonderful job of illustrating Stevenson’s poem, The Moon, and Amy Krouse Rosenthal offers life lessons served up sweetly in Cookies.
One to look for in 07 How to Be A Baby by Me, the Big Sister by Sally Lloyd-Jones, illustrated by Sue Heap. Fun!

]]> By: Stephanie Zvirin http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-520 Stephanie Zvirin Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:34:00 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-520 Although I always have to pause a moment to rid myself of images from Halloween, I think Jaimie Lee Curtis stands out as a celeb picture-book author. She has a good sense of how children really feel and what kinds of books they like. <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=954209" rel="nofollow">When I Was Little</a> and <a href="http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=149222" rel="nofollow">Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born</a> are the two I like best Of couse, it certainly helps that her stories are paired with illustrator Laura Cornell's delightfully wacky pictures, which give stories extra punch. Although I always have to pause a moment to rid myself of images from Halloween, I think Jaimie Lee Curtis stands out as a celeb picture-book author. She has a good sense of how children really feel and what kinds of books they like. When I Was Little and Tell Me Again about the Night I Was Born are the two I like best Of couse, it certainly helps that her stories are paired with illustrator Laura Cornell’s delightfully wacky pictures, which give stories extra punch.

]]> By: Jennifer Mattson http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Jennifer Mattson Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:14:40 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2006/10/27/trying-not-to-be-part-of-the-problem/#comment-517 As one of BOOKLIST's Books for Youth editors, it's appalling that I had never heard of Ruth Krauss' A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE before a friend sent it in honor of my newborn baby. Not only is it illustrated by Maurice Sendak in a quite wonderful, minimalist style but it has a fantastic, rolling rhythm and reads like a toddler's free associating self-chat. Oh, and to make my embarrassment about not knowing it worse, it won a Caldecott Honor, way back when. So there's my two cents. As one of BOOKLIST’s Books for Youth editors, it’s appalling that I had never heard of Ruth Krauss’ A VERY SPECIAL HOUSE before a friend sent it in honor of my newborn baby. Not only is it illustrated by Maurice Sendak in a quite wonderful, minimalist style but it has a fantastic, rolling rhythm and reads like a toddler’s free associating self-chat. Oh, and to make my embarrassment about not knowing it worse, it won a Caldecott Honor, way back when. So there’s my two cents.

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