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From: Kathleen Horning <horning>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 12:02:12 -0500
Last week Ginny Kruse posed the question "Which book comes to mind when you think of Molly Bang?" Good question, since Bang has illustrated a wide range of books and yet has a very distinctive style.
For me the book that first comes to mind is her Caldecott Honor Book from the early 1980s, "The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher." I remember this as a wordless book that puzzled many adults when it first came out because it struck them as rather odd. Since I began working in a public library, however, I have been surprised by the number of parents I've met who've told me it was their toddler's favorite book, much to the parents' surprise and sometimes, downright displeasure!
("Oh, please, not the strawberry snatcher book again!")
Kathleen Horning Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison
Received on Mon 08 Sep 1997 12:02:12 PM CDT
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 1997 12:02:12 -0500
Last week Ginny Kruse posed the question "Which book comes to mind when you think of Molly Bang?" Good question, since Bang has illustrated a wide range of books and yet has a very distinctive style.
For me the book that first comes to mind is her Caldecott Honor Book from the early 1980s, "The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher." I remember this as a wordless book that puzzled many adults when it first came out because it struck them as rather odd. Since I began working in a public library, however, I have been surprised by the number of parents I've met who've told me it was their toddler's favorite book, much to the parents' surprise and sometimes, downright displeasure!
("Oh, please, not the strawberry snatcher book again!")
Kathleen Horning Cooperative Children's Book Center School of Education UW-Madison
Received on Mon 08 Sep 1997 12:02:12 PM CDT
