I read Brothers at Bat yesterday. I love this true story, told with Audrey Vernick's warm, concise writing, and Steven Salerno's strong, modern/retro illustration.
Read about Audrey's visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y!
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Blog: Children's Illustration (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Sometime my method of picking picture books at the library is just 'What can I grab before my toddler destroys the place'. That was how I selected Bebe goes to the Beach, written by Susan Middleton Elya and illustrated by Steven Salerno. I look to the new book racks and grab what catches my eye in a split second.
It's a timely beach story, with a spanglish twist. The rhyming text by Susan Middleton Elya is lively and really fun to read aloud, even 20 times over. The artwork is just as lively, and Salerno has done a beautiful job of transitioning scenes within spreads and mixing up silos, spots, and spreads in a really natural way.
Salerno has an awesome blog, full of all the tidbits we illustrators love to see - work in progress, sketches, technique. He has a long list of other picture books, all as lush looking as Bebe (the sequel to Bebe goes Shopping).
Blog: Happy Healthy Hip Parenting (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Our spring 2008 books are finally visible on line, which means our authors and illustrators appear now as well. Don't miss the video featuring Felice Arena reading from his new book: Sally and Dave, A Slug Story. Felice Arena is a very talented - not to mention handsome - author and illustrator from Australia. I'd say he'd make a great addition to the HMOCL collection! (Are nominations still open?)