A Home in the Barn by Margaret Wise Brown; illus. by Jerry Pinkney Preschool, Primary Harper/HarperCollins 32 pp. 9/18 978-0-06-623787-9 $17.99 This cozy (previously unpublished) story from the late, legendary Margaret Wise Brown opens and closes with the same playful rhyme: “Here is the barn / Hear the wind rattle / Open the door / And see all […]
That Book That Changed My Life: Hearts So Full
May 14, 2018 by 2 Comments
Asking me to write about a book that changed my life is like asking me to choose just one star. Hundreds have changed me, each shining its own light, each from its own station in the firmament, all of those stations slowly whirling so I see them from new vantage points as I age. One […]
Review of North, South, East, West
February 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
North, South, East, West by Margaret Wise Brown; illus. by Greg Pizzoli Primary Harper/HarperCollins 40 pp. 1/17 978-0-06-026278-5 $17.99 Pizzoli’s digital illustrations for this never-before-published text by Margaret Wise Brown follow a little red bird whose mother sings to her about taking flight. She sets out exploring […]
On Cynthia Voigt’s “Have a Carrot” (from March/April 1997)
September 16, 2016 by 2 Comments
“High on the list of favorite read-aloud books in the house where I was the Mommy is The Runaway Bunny.” Newbery Medalist (for Dicey’s Song) Cynthia Voigt reflects on the classic picture book by Margaret Wise Brown in her article, “Have a Carrot,” published in 1997 in the Horn Book Magazine Special Issue: “Family Reading.” […]
“Have a Carrot”
March 1, 1997 by Leave a Comment
by Cynthia Voigt I don’t know that my children would agree — and I am not consulting them to find out — but high on the list of favorite read-aloud books in the house where I was the Mommy is The Runaway Bunny. As a mother, as a pillow to the warm small nestling body, […]
