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Hale, Robert D. – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Criticizes a newly published "updated and simplified" version of the Peter Rabbit story. Argues the new edition--with photographs and everyday language replacing the original paintings and verse--is a corruption of a timeless classic.(ARH)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Creative Art, Illustrations, Literary Criticism
Hogarth, Grace – Horn Book Magazine, 1983
Reviews L. Leslie Brooke's Johnny Crow picture books. Finds them still delightful after more than 70 years. (FL)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fantasy, Illustrations
Jameyson, Karen – Horn Book Magazine, 1988
Recalls the captivating characters; tidy, confident writing and winsome illustrations in the 50-year-old minor masterpiece, "Mr. Popper's Penguins." (SD)
Descriptors: Authors, Characterization, Childrens Literature, Illustrations
Ellis, Sarah – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Reports on three new illustrated children's books with settings in the frozen Far North: "Zoom Away" by Tim Wynne-Jones and Ken Nutt, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Ted Harrison, and "A Candle for Christmas" by Jean Speare and Ann Blades. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing, Fiction
Hale, Robert D. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Suggests that satisfied readers write to the authors whose books they have enjoyed. Discusses Arnold Lobel, a much admired children's author, and proceeds to send him a fan letter. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childrens Literature, Creative Writing
Carr, Jo – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Compares imaginatively written nonfiction children's books with textbook treatments of the same material. Finds that many nonfiction books are informational but also not excitingly written. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Comparative Analysis, Creative Writing
Lanes, Selma G. – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Reexamines Maurice Sendak's first children's book, published in 1956. Finds it to be filled with the characters, themes, and psychological concerns that were to become hallmarks of the writer-artist's mature works. (NKA)
Descriptors: Authors, Books, Childhood Needs, Childrens Literature
