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Review of Because of a Shoe
Because of a Shoe by Julie Fogliano; illus. by Marla FrazeePreschool, Primary Knopf 40 pp.2/26 9780593707401 $19.99e-book ed. 9780593707425 $6.99Fogliano’s stream-of-consciousness, one-continuous-sentence text details a parent’s frustration with a recalcitrant child—but also their mutual unconditional love. The focus shifts smoothly and expertly from the child’s actions (refusing to put on...
How Elegant the Elephant
For years I’ve harbored a not-so-secret wish that Marla Frazee would illustrate a Mother Goose collection. With her Caldecott-worthy interpretation of Mary Ann Hoberman’s How Elegant the Elephant: Poems about Animals and Insects, she has delivered the next best thing. Through vivid visual characterization of a range of anthropomorphic creatures,...
Review of How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects
How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects by Mary Ann Hoberman; illus. by Marla Frazee Primary Tingley/Little, Brown 88 pp. 3/25 9780316417129 $20.99 e-book ed. 9780316584968 $12.99 As an introduction by the late Hoberman explains, for this collection she selected favorite poems of hers “about animals and insects”...
Marla Frazee Talks 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 Ars longa, something Marla Frazee saw for herself during the quarter-century between conceiving of In Every Life and, uh, delivering it. We talk about time, creativity, and babies below....
Review of In Every Life
In Every Life by Marla Frazee; illus. by the author Preschool Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp. 2/23 9781665912488 $18.99 e-book ed. 9781665912495 $10.99 In her latest picture book, Frazee says she “hoped to capture and honor what we all have in common, no matter who we are or where we live.”...
Everywhere Babies 2022
I was surprised and also not surprised to learn the book Everywhere Babies has been the focus of conservative outrage in Walton County, Florida. I was surprised because I hadn’t realized this book, written by Susan Meyers and illustrated by Marla Frazee, was well known. I have an embarrassing tendency...
Review of The Great Zapfino
The Great Zapfino by Mac Barnett; illus. by Marla FrazeePreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp. g4/22 978-1-5344-1154-8 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-1155-5 $10.99The stage is set, the circus curtains part, and out walks the short, bald, and unassuming Great Zapfino, who will leap from death-defying heights onto a tiny trampoline. Barnett plays...
Review of The Farmer and the Circus
The Farmer and the Circus by Marla Frazee; illus. by the author Preschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp. g 4/21 978-1-5344-4621-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-5344-4622-9 $10.99 Frazee’s wordless trilogy that began with The Farmer and the Clown (rev. 11/14) comes to a satisfying end. The story opens at the circus,...
BGHB at 50: Clementine by Sara Pennypacker, illus. by Marla Frazee
Clementine, a 2007 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book for Fiction and Poetry, is a 136-page master class in characterization. Sure, its protagonist is a spunky girl in the grand tradition of spunky girls. But just look at how much we learn about her — at how much is specific to...
Review of The Bossier Baby
The Bossier Babyby Marla Frazee; illus. by the authorPreschool, Primary Beach Lane/Simon 32 pp.11/16 978-1-4814-7162-6 $17.99 ge-book ed. 978-1-4814-7163-3 $10.99The Boss Baby (rev. 7/10) finds himself sidelined when a new CEO, a string of pearls adding just the right touch to her sleek black onesie, takes over. This Bossier Baby...
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