Review By JESSICA ALMY After falling in love with J. Patrick Lewis’ Swan Song, I was certain I would like his early reader Tugg and Teeny, published last year. It’s a sweet, short book of 1,100 words that focuses on the friendship between Tugg, a gorilla, and Teeny, a monkey. Entitled “The Strange Stick,” “What’s […]
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Tugg and Teeny
May 18th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Books
Tags: Activities·Art·Christopher Denise·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Female Protagonist·Friendship·Gorillas·Homeschooling·Interspecies Friendship·J. Patrick Lewis·Monkeys·Music·Painting·Poetry
Magic Trash
August 26th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Books
Review By JESSICA ALMY Pairing rhythmic, sometimes-rhyming prose with expressive illustration, the forthcoming book Magic Trash: A Story of Tyree Guyton and His Art tells the uplifting story of the Detroit native who saved his neighborhood by creating art out of trash. Beginning by recounting that Guyton made toys for himself and his siblings out of trash […]
Tags: Art·Biography·Community·Detriot·Detroit Riot·Heidelberg Street·J.H. Shapiro·Painting·Poverty·Social Justice·Trash·Tyree Guyton·Vanessa Brantley-Newton