Review By KRISTIN WALD Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee is filled with energy and joy and wonderful imagination. Author Rita Williams-Garcia, widely known for her Young Adult novels, creates a story that is great fun to read, and children will enjoy the rhythmic onomatopoeic words used throughout. The illustrations are as wild as the story, full of […]
Entries Tagged as 'Hair'
Catching the Wild Waiyuuzee
March 9th, 2014 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Adventure·Early Elementary·Female Protagonist·Hair·Illustration·Kristin Wald·Mike Reed·Preschoolers·Rita Williams-Garcia
Kokeshi Kimonos Book
November 25th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY My daughter loves clothes, shoes, and accessories. She can’t understand why I don’t wear earrings, and often tells me that she can’t wait to grow up so that she can wear high heels. Not only does she love to play dress-up and make jewelry, but she also loves paper dolls and a […]
Tags: Annelore Parot·Asia·Asian·Clothing·Early Elementary·Hair·Illustration·Japan·Kimono
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