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Review of Marie’s Magic Eggs: How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive
Marie’s Magic Eggs: How Marie Procai Kept the Ukrainian Art of Pysanky Alive by Sandra Neil Wallace; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary Calkins/Astra 48 pp.2/26 9781662680694 $19.99This picture-book biography, illustrated with the bright yellows, reds, and blues of Ukrainian folk art, tells the life story of Marie Procai (1897–1994) and relates...
A Forest Song
Some illustrators bounce around Caldecott discussions for years without winning or honoring. Evan Turk is one. His illustrations for Grandfather Gandhi, written by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus, were part of the Caldecott conversation when the book came out in 2014, and in 2022, The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn...
Review of A Forest Song
A Forest Song by Kirsten Hall; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary Random House Studio/Random 40 pp.2/25 9780593480366 $18.99Library ed. 9780593480373 $21.99e-book ed. 9780593480380 $8.99This cento (a poem composed of passages from other writers) pays reverent tribute to the natural world, weaving together the words of poets such as Emily Dickinson, Mary...
Review of To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney
To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney by Evan Turk; illus. by the authorPrimary, Intermediate Abrams 48 pp.9/23 9781419752902 $19.99e-book ed. 9781647002251 $15.54Turk, illustrator of the Sibert Medal–winning The People’s Painter (rev. 7/21), adds another excellent biography of an artist to his oeuvre of picture books for older readers....
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Review of The Red Tin Box
The Red Tin Box by Matthew Burgess; illus. by Evan TurkPrimary Chronicle 64 pp.4/23 9781452179735 $17.99On her eighth birthday, Maude buries a red tin box under a dogwood tree (only she knows what’s inside), making a promise to herself. Decades pass. Maude, now an older woman, remembers the box but...
Review of Hello, Moon
Hello, Moon by Evan Turk; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Atheneum 40 pp. g 9/22 978-1-5344-0080-1 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-0081-8 $10.99 “Look! The Moon!” a child exclaims. “Should we go out to say hello?” Child and caretaker bundle up and head out into the snowy night to greet it;...
The People's Painter
Illustrating a biography of an artist is its own challenge. In The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art — a picture-book biography of artist Ben Shahn, written by Cynthia Levinson — illustrator Evan Turk strikes a balance between allowing Shahn’s influence to infuse the illustrations (his intention, as...
Review of The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
The People’s Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art by Cynthia Levinson; illus. by Evan Turk Primary, Intermediate Abrams 48 pp. g 4/21 978-1-4197-4130-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-1-64700-320-3 $15.54 Ben Shahn (1898–1969) was known as “the people’s painter” because his art told real stories about real people. Levinson...
Cynthia Levinson and Evan Turk Talk with Roger
Talks with Roger is a sponsored supplement to our free monthly e-newsletter, Notes from the Horn Book. To receive Notes, sign up here. Sponsored by Author Cynthia Levinson (The Youngest Marcher; Fault Lines in the Constitution) and illustrator Evan Turk (Grandfather Gandhi; A Thousand Glass Flowers) bring to the picture book page a man...
A Thousand Glass Flowers
Do you ever sit with an object and think about where it’s been and where it’s going? I like to do this with my vintage beads. I run the strands through my fingers, hold them up to the light, and think about the artists who made the tiny, precious spheres,...
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