As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
32 pp.
| Orca
| September, 2004
|
TradeISBN 1-55143-285-4$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Renne Benoit.
John's parents are getting divorced, and he and his mother must move away. Early on the morning of their departure, just after a snowfall, John says goodbye to Griffith Street by making snow angels and stars in front of his friends' houses. Rendered in soft browns and grays, the sensitive illustrations for this poignant story capture the atmosphere of John's small mining town.
32 pp.
| Orca
| October, 2002
|
TradeISBN 1-55143-221-8$$16.95
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Don Kilby.
In a story set in Canada in 1918, young Lloyd is sent to the country to escape the influenza epidemic that threatens his urban community. When his aunt and uncle come down with the disease, he must battle rain, lightning, and mud to take their newborn baby to the nearest neighbor. Quiet and affecting, this small story of youthful bravery is well matched with realistic paintings of the rural setting.
32 pp.
| Orca
| February, 2001
|
TradeISBN 1-55143-180-7$$15.95
(4)
1-3
Illustrated by
Laura Fernandez
&
Rick Jacobson.
Into a northern mill town in the 1940s come Arabella and her glamorous mother, a piano teacher. As outsiders, they must prove their merit to a rigid classroom teacher, reluctant parents, and would-be young pianists--a mission finally accomplished when Arabella concludes the first recital with impressive musicianship. Though the plot is predictable, the time and place are effectively realized in the color-saturated, sometimes stiff illustrations.
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lynn Smith-Ary.
Frank wants to give Mrs. Kazinski "the best present in the world" for her eightieth birthday. His mother and the neighbors offer suggestions, but Frank comes up with his own idea: though he longs to keep it himself, he gives her a kitten to fend off loneliness. The illustrations for this heartwarming tale effectively establish the setting and endow the characters with distinct personalities.