* Bee & Bird by Craig Frazier is a wordless picture book. The illustrations are unlike any other book I've seen. They encourage readers to think visually. The first two-page spread is a a series of black and yellow vertical stripes. What? The next two page spread is a step back to reveal a bumble bee. But where could it be? We see a huge red area of bright red with a curved boundary and an orange triangle on one side. Turn the page and we see, with another step back, that it's the head of a bird! And so images continue to reveal themselves in a clever story. A bee and bird travel over land and water to find the bee's home. I just love this book for anyone of any age who is interested in illustration.
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Frederick by Leo Lionni values the imagination. While Frederick's family gathers food supplies for the winter, Frederick sit... -
Molly and the Sword by Robert Shlasko, (1996) is unoriginal and tedious. Molly is a good daughter who demonstrates qualities one mi...