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Children's Poetry

NURSERY RHYME COMICS: 50 TIMELESS RHYMES FROM 50 CELEBRATED CARTOONISTS!

Humpty Dumpty and others
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Duffy, ed.
Author's First Name: 
Chris
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Various
Publisher: 
First Second
Publication Date: 
2011
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

This lively compilation of 50 nursery rhymes each interpreted and illustrated by a cartoonist or graphic artist, and introduced by Leonard Marcus, offers a new way to look at familiar rhymes and a demonstration of the varieties of graphic art done for kids and adults today. From Roz Chast from the New Yorker to Nick Bruel (Bad Kitty), Gene Yang, Mark Siegel, many names are familiar but a few are quite new. Sometimes the story is shown straight (Mary Had a Little Lamb), and sometimes there is an additional element or twist provided by the pictures (Baa-Baa Black Sheep, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe). Always, the rhyme is written out in a font that shows that these are the original words - making this a good book for early readers as well as for older readers who would otherwise be beyond this. Seven to Ten

 Selected for the 2012 List.

Little Black Crow

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Raschka
Author's First Name: 
Chris
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2010
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 
An understated book in both illustration and text, this is a story of potential friendship as one small child wonders about one small bird while both experience the seasons and forces of nature. It is beautifully realized on all levels.

GUYKU: A YEAR OF HAIKU FOR BOYS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Raczka
Author's First Name: 
Rob
Illustrator's First Name: 
Peter H.
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Reynolds
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2010

Artwork and text align to express the inquisitive, mischievous, and playful nature of all children in a delightful collection of Haiku poems that takes the reader through the seasons and into the heart of childhood.

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