From: GraceAnne A. DeCandido <ladyhawk>
Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 12:15:42 -0500

These comments are taken from my web site, which is at http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html

I have a Caldecott favorite, and it's Nancy Willard's The Tale I Told Sasha. I love the magic of it, the way the images enfold one another, and the lovely lemon yellow of the light. I have a Newbery favorite, too, and it is the great Susan Cooper's King of Shadows. In beautiful and supple language,
 she takes a contemporary boy actor, Nat, with a heart full of loss and a delight in the stage, and moves him in time to Shakepeare's own theatre.

           Other titles I loved for children: a creation story to love and revel in, Julius Lester's What a Truly Cool World! It not only posits that even God gets to have a little fun, but that Shaniqua, "the angel in charge of everybody's business" is responsible in part for music, and flowers, and butterflies.
           "Sun-flower ... Cha-mo-mile ... A-ma-ranth ... Let me hear you say that: Tha'ts almost as pretty as God's singing, ain't it?" And there's Marcia Sewall?s The Green Mist, Cari Best?s Three Cheers for Catherine the Great!, Pam Ryan?s Amelia
& Eleanor Go for a Ride; the simply perfect Raisel?s Riddle by Erica Silverman, Bruce Robertson?s Marguerite Makes a Book, and the completely ravishing Quint Buchholz' The Collector of Moments.

Season's readings! GraceAnne GraceAnne A. DeCandido Blue Roses Editorial & Web Consulting, New York City ladyhawk at well.com http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/gadhome.html What's Ladyhawk reading now? http://www.well.com/user/ladyhawk/books.html

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Received on Fri 03 Dec 1999 11:15:42 AM CST