Postcards
2009; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 47; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/bkb.0.0125
ISSN1918-6983
AutoresGeorges Bada, Glenna Sloan, Tanja Nathanael, Nyambura Mpesha, Vassiliki Nika, Jeffrey D. Brewster,
ResumoPostcards Georges Bada, Glenna Sloan, Tanja Nathanael, Nyambura Mpesha, Vassiliki Nika, and Jeffrey Brewster Michel G Aïsse LES RIGOLOS DE MICKEY [THE FUNNY ONES OF MICKEY: 92 DRAWN JOKES] Benin: published by the author 2008 48pp ISBN: 9789991968261 (drawn jokes, all ages) Joy CowleyGavin Bishop (illus) SNAKE AND LIZARD First published in New Zealand by Gecko Press First US edition La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller 2008 85 pp ISBN: 9781933605838 (short stories, 5–10) Uri Shulevitz HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2008 32pp ISBN-13: 9780374334994; ISBN-10: 0374334994 (picturebook memoir, all ages) Mohieddin Ellabbad (trans Sarah Quinn) THE ILLUSTRATOR’S NOTEBOOK Originally published in Arabic; published in French as LE CARNET DU DESSINATEUR by Mango Jeunesse (Group Fleurus 1999); first English edition: Toronto: Groundwood Books/House of Anansi 2006 30pp ISBN-13: 9780888997005; ISBN-10: 0888997000 (non-fiction picturebook, 10+) Carmen Agra DeedyMichael Austin (illus); Cristina de la Torre (trans) MARTINA UNA CUCARACHITA MUY LINDA: UN CUENTO CUBANA [MARTINA THE BEAUTIFUL COCKROACH: A CUBAN FOLKTALE] Atlanta, GA: Peachtree Publishers 2007 32pp ISBN-13: 9871561454259 ISBN-10: 1561454257 (picturebook, 8–12) Susan Mugizi Kajura THE FORGOTTEN HOMEWORK Nairobi, Kenya: Phoenix Publishers 2006 47pp ISBN: 9966470166 (fiction, 10–12) Giolanda Paterakï (Giannïs Apostologiannïs illus) O planïtïs tu Den Xerõ pu [The ‘I don’t know where’ planet] Athens: Psichogios (Xinomïlo) 2007 216pp ISBN: 9789604531547 (fantasy fiction, 11+) Nicola Smee CLIP-CLOP London: Boxer Books Ltd 2006 32pp ISBN-10: 1905417039 (picturebook, 3–5) Michel G Aïsse LES RIGOLOS DE MICKEY [THE FUNNY ONES OF MICKEY: 92 DRAWN JOKES] Benin: published by the author 2008 48pp ISBN: 9789991968261 (drawn jokes, all ages) It is difficult to find in Africa, especially in the Republic of Benin, a publication whose object is laughter. Michel G Aïsse, called Mickey, caricaturist since 1997, works to make readers of a daily Benin newspaper happy with his drawn jokes. Here he offers a compilation of 92 of them. THE FUNNY ONES OF MICKEY isn’t a children’s book exclusively. Some of the drawings can be decoded by young people while others may be understood only by adults. That is why the author thinks the target audience for this book is from 7 to 107 years. He defies anyone to the read work from beginning to end without ever wanting to laugh. The text and his illustrations of work guarantee for the reader the good mood essential to well-being Georges Bada Joy Cowley and Gavin Bishop (illus) SNAKE AND LIZARD First published in New Zealand by Gecko Press First US edition La Jolla, CA: Kane/Miller 2008 85 pp ISBN: 9781933605838 (short stories, 5–10) In a handsome volume with plenty of visual appeal, the reader finds fifteen small, witty, often humorous tales featuring Snake and Lizard, two very different creatures who become firm friends. Joy Cowley, author of more than 600 titles for all ages, demonstrates the sure way with words that has earned her numerous awards both at home in New Zealand and internationally. Gavin Bishop’s drawings and Cowley’s text work together to create a perfect example of complementarity in an illustrated work. Each tale, from the first in which the friends meet for the first time, is set in the desert. Illustrations in watercolour executed in rich desert hues of sunshine yellow, sandy browns, rich red and soft umber enrich and embellish each tale and extend to the endpapers where creatures playing supporting roles in the stories are featured. Perfect bedtime read-alouds, the brief good-humoured stories, enlivened by conversation, are also simple enough for early assisted reading aloud. Glenna Sloan [End Page 10] Uri Shulevitz HOW I LEARNED GEOGRAPHY New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2008 32pp ISBN-13: 9780374334994; ISBN-10: 0374334994 (picturebook memoir, all ages) Distinguished creator of critically acclaimed picturebooks since 1963, Uri Shulevitz is recipient of the American Library Association’s Caldecott Medal and two Caldecott Honor citations. This poignant account tells how a young boy and his family survive after fleeing their wartorn homeland to live in poverty in a strange country. The boy has no toys, no books and little to...
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