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Sugar Cane: A Caribbean Rapunzel by Patricia Storace. Illustrated by Raul Colon. Jump at the Sun (Hyperion imprint). $16.99. A small girl child comes up to you. She wants a fairy tale. You are the librarian she is asking a book from. You are entirely on your own. A couple options open themselves up to […]
There were things I would have liked to have seen, of course. Illustrators like Paul Zelinsky have found that the Rapunzel storyline has a lot more depth and interest if you don’t view the witch as an out-and-out monster. This is essentially the story of a woman who wants a baby. Rapunzel/Sugar Cane is well […]
The Lemonade War By Jacqueline Davies Houghton Mifflin $16.00 I am about to describe to you a true situation that I have experienced time and time again as a children’s librarian. A parent will walk up to me and ask for a work of fiction for kids dealing either with money or business. Money or […]
The Short and Incredibly Happy Life of Riley by Colin Thompson and Amy Lissiat. Kane/Miller. $15.95. The Aussies are different from you and I. They’re not afraid of picture books that look like the love children of Robert Crumb and Monty Python. Take, as today’s example, a little number going by the name of “The […]
Reaching for Sun by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer. Bloomsbury. $14.95. Try this sometime. Read a book, put it down, and then wait a couple months. Let the distinct memories of the title ebb away. Your first impressions are tamed. Your fervor (of either the positive or negative variety) softens a bit. This method of reviewing is […]