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40 pp.
| Candlewick
| July, 2019
|
TradeISBN 978-1-5362-0764-4$16.99
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Jarvis.
In this upbeat picture book, a rhyming text and soft, evocative mixed-media illustrations follow a (seemingly interracial) family as they bring home pumpkins from a farm, clean and prepare them, design and carve them, and finally light the finished jack-o'-lanterns. The book has a pleasantly old-fashioned vibe, though with carefully incorporated modern-day safety precautions: adults cut the pumpkins' tops off; kids use plastic saws.
(4)
PS
Illustrated by
Jarvis.
Insisting "I'm in charge!", a defiant, naughty rhino learns about the importance of kindness in this rhyming Aesop-like parable. When a herd of wildebeests teach Rhino what it's like to be on the receiving end of someone else's thoughtlessness, the message to be considerate toward others is hammered home. Jarvis's candy-colored digital illustrations have an energy equal to Rhino's mischief.
40 pp.
| Candlewick
| September, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-9571-2$16.99
(2)
PS
Illustrated by
Jarvis.
"Pick a pine tree / from the lot-- / slim and tall / or short and squat." So begins this picture-book enumeration of the jolly steps involved in turning a tree into a Christmas tree. Toht's rhyming text is greatly illuminated by Jarvis's mixed-media illustrations, which imbue each step in the process with holiday warmth and capably capture that Christmas-decorations glow.
Reviewer: Katrina Hedeen
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2017
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K-3
Illustrated by
Jarvis.
A penguin family headed to a picnic accidentally winds up at the North Pole. A polar bear escorts them home--stopping in Italy, India, and elsewhere along the way. The book, which has a subtle (and timely) it's-a-small-world message, features funny whine-asides from the penguin kids ("I need to pee") and toothsome art with colors adjusted for each locale.