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Adele and Simon Price: $16.00 "'Please try not to lose anything today,' Adele implores her little brother, Simon, as they begin their walk home from school. She might as well have asked the sun not to rise in the East, for at each stop along the way Simon loses something: first a drawing he had made, then his books, then one of his gloves. And so it goes until the children finally arrive at home, where Mama discovers that Simon has lost everything !... McClintock's beautifully restrained use of color may evoke a long-ago time, but her compositions are so dynamic that there's always something for contemporary children to discover." Starred Review - Michael Cart Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved The New York Times Book Review |
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Animal Fables from Aesop Price: $10.95 "The graceful full-color illustrations are both delicate and theatrical, as the limited cast reappears in various tales (four concern the fox, three the wolf, etc.) dressed as 18th- or 19th-century townspeople, with the dramatic gestures and facial expressions of humans. They move about against a backdrop of tall leafy trees, country roads and town houses both rich and poor, with several scenes for each little drama. The whole feel of this book is in the tradition of La Fontaine: gay, witty, full of charm and foible...." The New York Times Book Review |
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE "Fresh from The Gingerbread Man, Aylesworth and McClintock offer a similarly energetic, folksy retelling of a sequential tale about a stubborn pig who refuses to pass through a gate to enter the yard of its new owner. Rendered in brown pencil and watercolors, McClintock's earth-toned art conjures a rural 19th-century setting, replete with charming period particulars. Narrative and art pull equal weight in this cheerful reworking." Publishers Weekly |
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Price: $15.95 A retelling of the classic story. |
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Price: $16.95 "Elegantly subversive and utterly charming comes a doll story with a sweet shot of reality. Porcelain colors and delicate line reign in the Victorian-style illustrations, full of verdant hills, beautifully appointed interiors, and lovely detail. When Charlotte gets the gift of a doll from her Aunt Edme, she is not pleased. In her little button boots with a pinafore over her blue dress, she explains to the doll that she and her teddy, Bruno, like climbing trees and making mud cakes. The doll seems to take to this, however, and Charlotte names her Dahlia because, in her froufrou getup, she looks like one.... Little girls already know that linen, silk, and ribbons aren't incompatible with insatiable curiosity and boundless energy, but it is nice to see that all tied up in a story with a favorite doll. " Kirkus Reviews BOSTON GLOBE/HORN BOOK HONOR BOOK |
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Price: $5.95 "It is turn-of-the-century Paris, and Danielle loves to draw: "dancing storks and dashing foxes the more fantastic the better." Her photographer father encourages her to try realistic pictures, but Danielle's imagination is so wild it can't be restrained....The delicious celebration of creativity is grounded by McClintock's subtle portrait of the tiny family: Danielle's father will probably never understand her art, but he loves her and admires her resourcefulness. Enticing and an inspiration to young artists" Publishers Weekly |
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Price: $15.95 "An excellent rendition of an oft-told tale that demonstrates that there is always room for one more Gingerbread Man on the shelves. Aylesworth has done a perfect job of shaping the text to read aloud smoothly with good repetitive phrases that ring true, such as the Gingerbread Man's response to his pursuers: 'No! No!/I won't come back!/I'd rather run/Than be your snack!' The text is matched beautifully with an excellent layout and McClintock's illustrations.... They also are somewhat reminiscent of the work of Randolph Caldecott. McClintock's anthropomorphic animals are wonderfully realized, especially the wily fox, and the Gingerbread Man is a saucy fellow dressed in a blue jacket and hat, with hands on hips and a big smile. The book comes complete with a recipe on the back cover. A satisfying version in every way" School Library Journal |
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Price: $16.95 "The creators of The Gingerbread Man (1998) and Aunt Pitty Patty's Piggy (1999, both Scholastic) have produced another excellent rendition of a favorite folktale.This is a handsomely designed book, with heavy ivory pages, delicate frame borders, and an Edwardian typeface that changes in size to serve the story.At once antique and immediate, this Goldilocks will sassily invite herself onto library shelves everywhere" School Library Journal |
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Price: $18.99 Limited Quantity Available "Ostracized by the envious and less-privileged girls at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, seven-year-old Sara Crewe is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies, leaving her penniless and alone in the world. The story of how Sara's fortunes change again, and how she discovers the true meaning of family, is a tale that has delighted children since its initial publication in 1905." |
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Price: $16.99 "Admirers of The Borrowers and The Tale of Two Bad Mice will smile at this beguiling comparison of human- and mouse-scale worlds, ... ....With an antique palette and an engraver's fluid line McClintock (Adèle & Simon) designs ingenious accessories for the anthropomorphic mice.... only a jaded reader could fail to be bewitched by McClintock's meticulous panels or her piquant cover art, with its swingy hand-lettering and swaying heroines. Donofrio and McClintock give exquisite attention to the girl's and mouse's parallel lives, emphasizing cross-generational connections and shared secrets. Ages 3-7. (Aug.) " Publishers Weekly |
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE "McClintock does wonders with a modest Charles Dickens story, casting it with Rackham-esque animal characters and placing it in a wintry 19th-century city.... McClintock's meticulous illustrations of candlelit domestic scenes, inviting shop fronts and horse-drawn carriages resemble hand-colored wood engravings and reward close scrutiny; the author devotes careful attention to the expressive animal characters, demonstrating through various vignettes Molly's patience (and aggravation) with her clamoring feline family. Earth-toned watercolors and cream-white stock enhance the old-fashioned appearance, and both the splendid imagery and harmonious layouts recall Caldecott's picture books." Publishers Weekly |
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NO LONGER AVAILABLE A fractured fairy tale, light-hearted, as its title suggests, but with a sturdy message, too: to be without imagination may be even worse than being turned into a frog. |
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Price: $20.00 "Another title celebrating a century marker, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin, appears with new illustrations by Barbara McClintock. Her signature artwork with its period details, which appears as full-color plates throughout, seems particularly well suited to this cheery heroine. The illustrations impart a cozy, familiar feel to a long-ago world, and reveals a lively, generous spirit in the heroine who leaves her home to live with her two elderly aunts." Publishers Weekly |
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Price: $16.95 "As they did in The Gingerbread Man, Aylesworth and McClintock have teamed up again, this time to create the wiliest of creatures in this version of The Travels of a Fox. Acting on a bet he makes with Brother Fox, Tricky Fox vows to bring home a pig rather than a chicken for supper. He begs his way into homes, carrying a bag. When he goes to sleep, he tells the host to keep an eye on his bag, but not to look inside it. Knowing human nature, he figures that the homeowner will take a peek. During the night, he disposes of the contents of the bag and in the morning claims that something better was stolen. Of course, his hostess is embarrassed that this has happened in her own home and replaces whatever the fox claimed was in his. The expressions on Tricky and his unsuspecting victims are priceless." School Library Journal |
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"As they did in The Gingerbread Man, Aylesworth and McClintock have teamed up again, this time to create the wiliest of creatures in this version of The Travels of a Fox. Acting on a bet he makes with Brother Fox, Tricky Fox vows to bring home a pig rather than a chicken for supper. He begs his way into homes, carrying a bag. When he goes to sleep, he tells the host to keep an eye on his bag, but not to look inside it. Knowing human nature, he figures that the homeowner will take a peek. During the night, he disposes of the contents of the bag and in the morning claims that something better was stolen. Of course, his hostess is embarrassed that this has happened in her own home and replaces whatever the fox claimed was in his. The expressions on Tricky and his unsuspecting victims are priceless." School Library Journal |
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