Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL (Warning: contents include animal and human trade.) What are two goldfish worth? What is a negligent, newspaper-reading dad worth? A mischievous boy and his friends dicker and deal to trade for what most appeals. One fish, two fish, trade dad for goldfish! And Dad barely notices as he gets transferred from […]
Entries Tagged as 'Dave McKean'
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish
June 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Animals·Dave McKean·Early Elementary·Father's Day·Fathers·Fish·Huyen MacMichael·Neil Gaiman·Preschoolers
Crazy Hair
May 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Books
Review By HUYEN MACMICHAEL This tressed-up, teased and twisted, stylish hair story completely makes the cut for me. Compelling and strange, it sucked me up like Rapunzel’s hair-rope into Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean’s artful scalps. It begins as a brave girl named Bonnie comments about someone’s “crazy hair” and offers to comb it even […]
Tags: Animals·Bravery·Collage·Dave McKean·Early Elementary·Hair·Humor·Huyen MacMichael·Illustration·Neil Gaiman·Preschoolers·Rhyme