by Fiona Waters, editor, illus. by Frann Preston-Gannon
In Sing a Song of Seasons, editor Fiona Waters (Why Does My Mum Always Iron a Crease in My Jeans?) curates a collection of poems that evoke the atmospheres, memories and pastimes we cherish as the months pass. Verses by favorite romantics (William Wordsworth, Victor Hugo), modernists (E.E. Cummings, D.H. Lawrence) and realists (Thomas Hardy, John Updike) accompany selections from popular children's book authors (Margaret Wise Brown, Beatrix Potter) and a refreshing number of anonymous but recognizable entries
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by Marilyn Singer, illus. by Susan L. Roth
Prolific author and poet Marilyn Singer (Follow Follow; Rutherford B., Who Was He?) teams up with illustrator Susan L. Roth (Parrots over Puerto Rico) in the spectacular Every Month Is a New Year.
People commemorate the new year the world over, but it's not always with a ball drop nor on December 31. In some cultures, people celebrate in July by writing injustices or bad habits on clay pots, then smashing them. In others, crowds hold giant water fights to wash away misfortune. Working through the months of
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by Alison McGhee, illus. by Joe Bluhm
"Dear Sister,/ They told me to draw a picture of you for your baby book./ Here you go." So begins a series of illustrated letters from a brother to his younger sister, a less than welcome addition to his life--at least at first. The letters are accompanied by Joe Bluhm's gag-filled illustrations, some in what suggests a child's hand. The letters highlight the brother's frustrations: "Congratulations! According to the judges' calculations, your Cry Olympics scores place you in the top 3% of three-year-olds
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