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DaCosta, Barbara
2 Reviews
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Ed Young.
Using mixed-media collage and text taken from Moby-Dick, Young and DaCosta have assembled a vivid and thoughtful introduction to Melville's celebrated American epic. Page layouts boldly shift from horizontal to vertical as the tale unfolds. A surprise twist reveals a gentler conclusion: the whale is a googly-eyed toy and the setting a bathtub, accounting for the abbreviated retelling and mellowing the high drama.
Reviewer: Patrick Gall
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2017
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Ed Young.
Silently, in the dark of night, a ninja creeps through a house while the family sleeps. It's not until two-thirds of the way through the book that our nimble ninja is revealed to be a young boy on the prowl for a midnight snack. Young's cut-paper and cloth illustrations imbue the spare, tension-filled text with mystery, beauty, and emotion.
Reviewer: Ashley Waring
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2012
2 reviews