Allan Wolf. Candlewick, $21.99 (472p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3703-3
Wolf (Zane's Trace) constructs a richly textured novel in verse that recreates the Titanic's ill-fated journey, predominantly through the voices of her passengers. The speakers include John Jacob Astor, ("the unsinkable”) Margaret Brown, Captain E.J.
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Allan Wolf. Candlewick, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7636-5613-3
In a novel set in 1979 Virginia, Wolf (The Watch That Ends the Night) combines prose, poetry, and script-style dialogue as he traces the events that led 15-year-old Leonard Pelf to shoot and kill Christopher Goodman, 17, during their town’s annual...
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Allan Wolf, Author, Max Grafe, Illustrator . Candlewick $18.99 (500p) ISBN 978-0-7636-2113-1
First novelist Wolf tells the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition as an engrossing epic in blank verse, through the voices of 14 alternating narrators. "Not only are we to search out the Northwest Passage (should it exist);/ we are also now...
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Allan Wolf, Author, Greg Clarke, Illustrator , illus. by Greg Clarke. Candlewick $17.99 (53p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1565-9
Wolf's debut, a collection of verse about body parts, is sure to tickle the funny bone (one body part that isn't covered here). Poems range from the sheerly silly ("We all need bones to give us shape/ from little boys to poodles./ That
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Allan Wolf. Candlewick, $21.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6324-7
In this ambitious novel in verse about the infamous 19th-century expedition, Wolf (The Day the Universe Exploded My Head) accomplishes the seemingly impossible: an evocative and sympathetic rendering of a horrific historical event. Told in eight...
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Allan Wolf, illus. by Lauren Tobia. Candlewick, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9665-8
A “The House That Jack Built” narrative structure gives a night of stargazing galactic dimensions in this expansive picture book. As the sun sets, a child cuddles on a blanket with two affectionate caregivers, all of whom are portrayed with brown...
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Allan Wolf, illus. by Anna Raff. Candlewick, $17.99 (56p) ISBN 978-0-7636-8025-1
Wolf writes funny and fact-filled verse that revolves (no pun intended) around the sun, moon, and universe. The sun recites a “sunnet, er, sonnet”: “Next time you want to wish upon a star,/ you need not even wait for night to fall.” Raff...
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Allan Wolf, illus. by Brianne Farley. Candlewick, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-5362-0307-3
In this snappy addition to the shelf of book-extolling books, Wolf (The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep) supplies a string of examples showing how books can teach and enlighten. An unnamed narrator vacillates between offering cheery advice (“So step...
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Allan Wolf, illus. by Keisha Morris. Candlewick, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-5362-2347-7
Sensible self-soothing techniques drive this matter-of-fact rhyming picture book about managing strong emotions. Beginning text urges bodily awareness in the face of everyday challenges. When “your breath becomes a hurricane” and “your face turns...
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