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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse>
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:36:25 -0600
I also suggest the book This Land Is Your Land with words and music by Woody Guthrie and paintings by Kathy Jakobsen (Little, Brown, 1998).
When I first saw this picture book edition of the Guthrie's song, I was almost reluctant to open it, in that the song is such a personal favorite. My hopes were high, but I was doubtful that my expectations could be met. For one thing, I hoped to find the
original lyrics there. They are! To my amazement, the verses are intact, including the one about No Trespassing and another about hungry people.
I was also concerned that the illustrations might be too sweet for the intent of the song. No disappointment here, either. Overall the paintings are not nostalgic. There's much for even young children to discover in the paintings, and they'll notice diffe rent details as they grow a bit older.
The background information about Woody Guthrie is perfectly developed and placed at the end. To cap it off, there's a tribute by Pete Seeger.
Another book I've purchased more than once is Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne
(Greenwillow, 1997). Last week following the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Ceremony in NYC, I observed quite a few people also buying this marvelous book for gifts. Visit
the CCBC Book of the Week Archives for 1997 to read the CCBC review of Seven Brave Women (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/), or look in your copy of CCBC Choices 1997.
Other gift suggestions? I'm sure you have others... Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Fri 18 Dec 1998 01:36:25 PM CST
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998 13:36:25 -0600
I also suggest the book This Land Is Your Land with words and music by Woody Guthrie and paintings by Kathy Jakobsen (Little, Brown, 1998).
When I first saw this picture book edition of the Guthrie's song, I was almost reluctant to open it, in that the song is such a personal favorite. My hopes were high, but I was doubtful that my expectations could be met. For one thing, I hoped to find the
original lyrics there. They are! To my amazement, the verses are intact, including the one about No Trespassing and another about hungry people.
I was also concerned that the illustrations might be too sweet for the intent of the song. No disappointment here, either. Overall the paintings are not nostalgic. There's much for even young children to discover in the paintings, and they'll notice diffe rent details as they grow a bit older.
The background information about Woody Guthrie is perfectly developed and placed at the end. To cap it off, there's a tribute by Pete Seeger.
Another book I've purchased more than once is Seven Brave Women by Betsy Hearne
(Greenwillow, 1997). Last week following the Jane Addams Children's Book Awards Ceremony in NYC, I observed quite a few people also buying this marvelous book for gifts. Visit
the CCBC Book of the Week Archives for 1997 to read the CCBC review of Seven Brave Women (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/), or look in your copy of CCBC Choices 1997.
Other gift suggestions? I'm sure you have others... Ginny Ginny Moore Kruse (gmkruse at ccbc.soemadison.wisc.edu) Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) A Library of the School of Education (www.soemadison.wisc.edu/ccbc/) University of Wisconsin - Madison
Received on Fri 18 Dec 1998 01:36:25 PM CST
