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Below, a sweet picture book trailer by author-illustrator Peter McCarty for his incomparable Chloe (HarperCollins Childrens). You can see art samples from the winners of the New York Times Best Illustrated Books Awards for 2014 here and enjoy best-selling picture book author Chris Barton’s post about why children’s picture books are important here. Picture Book Month is an international literacy... Read More
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A Terrible Lizard’s soliloquy moves us to empathy, or maybe not in the gorgeously tactile T is for Terrible (Macmillan)– a 2005 Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year by Peter McCarty. Children’s novelist Julie Lake (Galveston’s Summer of the Storm) walks us through the Paleozoic pastel pages, while I handle the not-so-steadicam. Recorded after hours in Julie’s primary school library that Julie set... Read More
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In Eric Carle’s What’s Your Favorite Animal, he collaborates with fourteen renowned children’s book artists to create mini storybooks about a favorite animal.
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Why is a raven like a writing desk?* More on topic, how is a bad query sent to an editor like a personal ad? Last April The Rejectionist sought to answer this very question in Love is Like a Bottle of Query and I couldn’t help but figure that it would make a superb Valentine’s Day link for you all.
That seems insufficient fodder for today’s post, though. So just for the heckuvit, here is a list of my favorite romantic picture books. Howsoever you wish to interpret them.
The Duchess of Whimsy by Randall de Seve, illustrated by Peter de Seve – Not only was it written by a husband and wife team (an inherently romantic proposition) but it also features one of my favorite love stories. You have a Duchess who is only interested in whimsical things and the practical fellow who loves her. I’m a fan. Plus it’s a real treat to the old eyeballs.
The Marzipan Pig by Russell Hoban – The saddest Valentine’s Day book on this list and long out of print. Nevertheless I love that book, and I love the little film that was made of it long long ago. You can catch a section of it here if you like:
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear, illustrated by Stephane Jorisch – I understand that there are as many different picture book versions of this book as there are drops of water in the sea. Everyone from Hilary Knight to James Marshall has adapted this poem at some point (probably because it’s the rare standalone poem that converts to the picture book format so easily). My personal favorite amongst these versions, however, is Jorisch’s. This isn’t just a story about two different species getting together. No, in Jorisch’s world it’s two different lifestyles. The owl is all buttoned up business suit and the cat this Greenwich Village, thick soled boot-wearing artist. Yet impossibly they get together and wed. How awesome is that?!
Henry in Love by Peter McCarty – A love story appropriate for the schoolyard set. More of a crush really. In this sweet tale a little cat has a crush on a rabbit in his class. They reach a mutual understanding all thanks to a bright blue muffin. Aside from making me hungry for muffins (particularly those of irregular colors) McCarty employs a really gorgeous pen to the illustrations in this book. Little wonder it appeared on the
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While down in Cambridge, Massachusetts last weekend I splurged on the above book: Henry in Love, by Peter McCarty. I rarely indulge in book purchases, but this one was made for me and my boy. We both love Hondo and Fabian and with a story that includes blueberry muffins, football, and crushes on girls - I couldn't resist.
I marvel at McCarty's ability to show so much with so much white left on the page. There are no full bleeds or spreads - just the implication of it by delicate use of inks and watercolor. Sometimes in his characteristic small, voluminous and atmospheric shading. Sometimes with just an outline.
The story is beautiful. The art is beautiful. Go read it with a loved one (big or small) before you get saturated by big red hearts and chocolate boxes!
By Phoebe Vreeland, The Children’s Book Review
Published: November 14, 2010
Henry in Love
by Peter McCarty
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: Balzer + Bray (December 22, 2009)
Source: Library
Henry wakes to the smell of blueberry muffins fresh from the oven. After breakfast, his mother packs one in his school lunch. We get the import of this indigo colored treat: treasured, sweet and full of a mother’s love.
Illustration from Henry in Love
Peter McCarty has created a quiet, dreamy young cat. Henry keeps his emotional cards close to his jersey which sports the number two (Oh, delightful foreshadowing!). Chloe, a winsome bunny in a pink dress, has a special effect on him. As his feelings of love overflow, a profusion of pink and red flowers floats across the page. On the way to school, a chance encounter with Chloe’s older brother gives Henry the courage to approach her on the playground. Courting at this tender age involves a show of gymnastics and a game of tag. Henry may be fast but he won’t catch Chloe. Every good love story has a dose of kismet, and after recess, fortune smiles on Henry giving him the chance to reveal his affection.
McCarthy’s pencil and watercolor pictures are set against a creamy expanse for a fine effect. The illustrations are stripped of the depth and dimension that heavy shading brought in his previous books, yet the animal faces retain their softness and charm. The addition of pastel color is welcome. When brought to the brightest intensity, a color directs the reader’s eye to the desired object: a pink dress and that booming, blue muffin. McCarty’s simple characters are enlivened by a slight angle of the ear and a glint of light in their tiny seed eyes. Henry’s class, a fine mix of domestic and barnyard animals, is reminiscent of a Rosemary Wells class room. Fans of Georg Hallensleben’s Gaspard and Lisa characters may also be charmed.
Illustration from Fabien & Hondo: Caldecott Honor, 2003
As both artist and author, McCarty achieves a nice balance with the neatness of the art matching the economy of text. McCarty comes from a family of artists and credits his talent to being surrounded by good art and the fruits of a rich inner world as a child. He won a Caldecott Honor in 2003 for
I try not to take this personally, but every time I come home my cat Binky bolts out the door. No enthusiastic greetings or purring declarations of how much I was missed, all I see is his hairy hiney disappearing around the corner. Read more after the jump.
Fabian the cat, one of the heroes of [...]
We've had a few quiet weeks with Hondo & Fabian, for nap and bedtime reading. And of course the lovely sequel, Fabian Escapes. There he is above, making a break from the baby.
When you look long and hard at these beautiful pictures, you'll probably itch for your pencil like me. But lush graphite softness aside, these are wonderful stories for even the littlest readers. I need to go pick up Peter McCarty's latest book - something a little lighter stylistically: Henry in Love Go visit Peter's website for a lovely history of his career, told in a very personal tone. Much like his books.
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Fun list! I’m glad you included Mrs. Rubinstein’s Beauty, I love that book. I can’t wait to check out that version of The Owl and the Pussy-Cat.
Big smooch to Lady Bird for Valentine’s! Thanks for that list!
Another favorite Valentine’s story, also not about a couple, but about the love of a sibling for another is Shirley Hughes’s “Dogger.”
I’m in love with HENRY IN LOVE. Can a book be one’s valentine?
This list makes me happy. I think it might be because I’m tiring of YA dystopian novels even though some are sooo good. I love picture books.