Edwin Fotheringham's stylish, award-winning illustrations have
graced the pages of The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, The
New York Times, and many other publications. He has illustrated
numerous highly acclaimed nonfiction picture books, such as Barbara
Kerley's What to Do About Alice?, a Sibert Honor Book and a Boston
Globe-Horn Book Award Honor Book; The Extraordinary Mark Twain
(According to Susy), a New York Public Library Best Children's
Book; Those Rebels, John & Tom, an NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Honor
Book; and A Home for Mr. Emerson, a NAPPA Gold Award winner; as
well as younger fiction picture books, such as Pam Mu�oz Ryan's
Tony Baloney and the eponymous beginning reader series, Jennifer
Hamburg's Monkey and Duck Quack Up!, a spring 2015 Indie Favorite,
and Andria Rosenbaum's Big Sister, Little Monster. Ed lives in
Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at edfotheringham.com.
Barbara Kerley is a two-time Sibert Honoree and a Boston Globe-Horn
Book Honoree whose award-winning biographies include What to Do
About Alice?, The Extraordinary Mark Twain (According to Susy),
Those Rebels, John & Tom, and A Home for Mr. Emerson, all
illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham; Tigers & Tea with Toppy,
illustrated by Matte Stephens; and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse
Hawkins and Walt Whitman: Words for America, illustrated by Brian
Selznick. Kerley's books have all been praised for their lively
prose, meticulous research, and artistic presentation style. She
lives in Portland, Oregon. Visit her online at barbarakerley.com.
Distinctions and Praise for What to Do About Alice?: A Boston
Globe-Horn Book Honor BookA Sibert Honor BookAn ALA Notable BookA
Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book
of the Year"Reveals the essence of Alice in an upbeat account of
her life... Alice as a young girl tumbling downstairs, galloping
through parks, bike-riding and let loose in her father's library
after refusing to attend private school... When the 17-year-old
Alice moved into the White House after her father became president
in 1901, she reveled in the high-voltage spotlight... "I give a
good show," Alice proclaimed. That she did, as Kerley and
Fotheringham demonstrate with verve." -- New York Times* "Theodore
Roosevelt's irrepressible oldest child receives an appropriately
vivacious appreciation in this superb picture book... Taking her
thematic approach from Alice's own self-description, Kerley's
precise text presents readers with a devilishly smart,
strong-willed girl who was determined to live life on her own
terms-and largely succeeded... The illustrator takes every
opportunity to develop Alice's character further... It's a gleeful
celebration of a fully, unapologetically led life." -- Kirkus
Reviews, starred review* "It's hard to imagine a picture book
biography that could better suit its subject than this high-energy
volume serves young Alice Roosevelt... Debut illustrator
Fotheringham creates the perfect mood from the start... Kids will
embrace a heroine who teaches her younger stepsiblings to sled down
the White House stairs, entertains dignitaries with her pet snake
and captivates a nation with pranks and high jinks." -- Publishers
Weekly, starred review* "Kerley's text has the same rambunctious
spirit as its subject, grabbing readers from the first line... The
large format gives Fotheringham, in his debut, plenty of room for
spectacular art." -- Booklist, starred review* "Kerley's text
gallops along with a vitality to match her subject's antics....
Fascinating." -- School Library Journal, starred review* "What to
do about Alice? Enjoy!" -- The Horn Book, starred review
Starred Review, Kirkus, February 1, 2008
\u0022Theodore Roosevelt\u2019s irrepressible oldest child receives
an appropriately vivacious appreciation in this superb picture
book.... Kerley\u2019s precise text presents readers with a
devilishly smart, strong-willed girl who was determined to live
life on her own terms--and largely succeeded.\u0022
Starred Review, School Library Journal, March 2008
\u0022Kerley\u2019s text gallops along with a vitality to match her
subject\u2019s antics, as the girl greets White House visitors
accompanied by her pet snake, refuses to let leg braces cramp her
style, dives fully clothed into a ship\u2019s swimming pool, and
also earns her place in history as one of her father\u2019s trusted
advisers. Fotheringham\u2019s digitally rendered, retro-style
illustrations are a superb match for the text.\u0022
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
