Heavy Medal
June 17, 2024 by Betsy Bird
Usually you might associate a book of this sort with titles of a more European bent, but Asch and son are 100% 'merican, baby. With enough weirdness to choke a cat, this book is just so very strange.
April 27, 2011 by Betsy Bird
“In 1986, two artists – one Russian, one American – joined forces, against the odds, to tell a brand-new kind of picture story.” Back in February it was in all the news. Publishers Weekly proclaimed loud and long, Children’s Imprint from McSweeney’s to Launch in May. For some this didn’t seem a huge surprise. McSweeney’s […]
September 29, 2007 by Betsy Bird
Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice By Frank Asch Illustrated by Devin Asch Kids Can Press $17.95 ISBN: 978-1-55453-022-9 Ages 4-8 On shelves now I used to think that employing a computer to handle all your illustrating needs in a picture book was a risky proposition. Then we entered into 2007 and suddenly there were books like Bow-Wow […]
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