From: DAJ <daj9999>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:13:52 -0700 (PDT)

--- On Thu, 8/7/08, Valance, Marsha <MValan at milwaukee.gov> wrote:


> One of the great vacation books from my childhood was Keith
> Robertson's
> humorous HENRY REED'S VACATION, chronicling a
> cross-country family car
> trip.

I loved that book, too -- along with others in the series.

The mention of books about road trips reminds me of two favorite picture books -- John Coy's _Night Driving_, with stunning black-and-white illustrations by Peter McCarthy, perfectly capturing the mood of late-night drives on near-deserted highways, and Vera and Jennifer Williams' _Stringbean's Trip to the Shining Sea_, told through a series of colorful and lively postcards. (Many years ago, the Library of Congress had an exhibit of some of the preliminary artwork for _Stringbean_, showing how Williams had experimented with design for some of the illustrations, and I remember marvelling at how many ways she'd sketched one of the scenes before settling on the final version.)

DAJ




      
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