Books by Reeve Lindbergh and Complete Book Reviews

NO MORE WORDS: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Reeve Lindbergh, Author . Simon & Schuster $24 (176p) ISBN 978-0-7432-0313-5

After suffering several strokes, Anne Morrow Lindbergh (who died this year) spent the last year of her life in Vermont, on the farm of her daughter Reeve's family. Just as Anne undertook Gift from the Sea in 1955 as a spiritual recon, so Reeve (

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Under a Wing: A Memoir

Reeve Lindbergh, Author Simon & Schuster $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-80770-6

Having already written about her family's life after Charles Lindbergh's death in the autobiographical novel The Names of the Mountains, Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh's youngest has written an evocative reminiscence of her youth in Darien, Conn.,

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The Names of the Mountains

Reeve Lindbergh, Author Simon & Schuster $18.5 (237p) ISBN 978-0-671-73148-9

The author, the youngest child of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh, has earned a solid reputation chiefly on the basis of her adult nonfiction ( The View from the Kingdom ) and her children's books ( The Day the Goose Got Loose ); this...

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Forward from Here: Leaving Middle Age—and Other Unexpected Adventures

Reeve Lindbergh, Author . Simon & Schuster $24 (226p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7511-8

In this collection of poignant essays, Lindbergh (No More Words ) struggles to extract meaning, and even solace, from an imperfect everyday reality. Heading her list of concerns is her looming 60th birthday and the change and decline that it...

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A View from the Air: 9charles Lindbergh's Earth and Sky

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Richard Eric Brown, Illustrator, Richard Brown, Photographer Viking Children's Books $15 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-84660-3

As a tribute to her late father's ``great love and concern for the natural world,'' author Lindbergh ( The Midnight Farm ) imagines and gives voice to the aviator's thoughts as he flies over the land he cherishes. Written as a poem, her words are...

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Grandfather's Lovesong

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Rachel Isadora, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-84842-3

Although it occasionally runs to the mundane, Lindbergh's ( View from the Air ) simple poem tenderly expresses a man's love for his grandchild. On each page, a four-line rhymed verse, presented without punctuation, evokes an image of nature as the...

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Benjamin's Barn

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Dial Books $13.95 (18p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0613-2

Unlike Lindbergh and Jeffers's popular The Midnight Farm , though similar in format, the text and art of this picture book for preschoolers are lackluster and flat. On a rainy day, Benjamin plays in his barn, filling it in his imagination with...

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Benjamin's Barn

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-050863-5

Rhyming text and realistic paintings describe a boy's imaginative journey through his barn. Ages 3-8. (Nov.)

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The Midnight Farm

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Puffin Books $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055668-1

This exploration of night is, according to PW, ``a rare depiction of the `heart of the darkness,' not only as a safe, snug place, but as a celebration of life, hope and wonder.'' Ages 3-7. (Sept.)

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The Midnight Farm

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Susan Jeffers, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0331-5

A child is initiated into the mysteries of the dark hours of midnight at the farm. In the maple tree, a raccoon family is seen making a home alongside an owl; the barnyard farm geese wait for wild geese to pass; in the stable and the barn, horses...

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The Day the Goose Got Loose

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Steven Kellogg, Illustrator Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-0408-4

What happens when the goose gets loose? She manages to throw the entire barnyard into chaos, and young readers will be tickled by the goings-on. After breaking out of her pen, the audacious creature eats the hens' grain; scares the sheep silly;...

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My Little Grandmother Often Forgets

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Kathryn Brown, Illustrator , illus. by Kathryn Brown. Candlewick $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1989-3

Lindbergh (My Hippie Grandmother ) writes in the voice of a youngster endearingly devoted to his grandmother, who suffers from memory loss. The title page shows the lad and his parents arriving at the home of the diminutive woman, who sports an...

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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of ""Brave Bessie"" Coleman

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Pamela Paparone, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $6.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0361-8

Coleman was the first licensed African American aviator, and the story of her perseverance is told in verse. ""Lustrous, appealingly primitive acrylic art effectively conveys a sense of the '20s,"" said PW. Ages 5-up. (Jan.)

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Nobody Owns the Sky: The Story of Brave Bessie Coleman

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Pamela Paparone, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-533-3

In 1922 Bessie Coleman, born in Texas in 1893 to a Native American father and an African American mother, became the first licensed black aviator in the world. Her tale is one of extraordinary perseverance; among other obstacles, she was denied...

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If I'd Known Then What I Know Now

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Kimberly Bulcken Root, Illustrator Puffin Books $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-055772-5

""A paean to the home repair-challenged, part counting book, part rollicking read-aloud"" said PW, noting that ""Lindbergh's verse... is eminently readable, and Root makes hay with it [in her] wonderfully exaggerated, sophisticated illustrations.""...

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If I'd Known Then What I Know Now: 9

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Kimberly Bulcken Root, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $13.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-85351-9

Just in time for Father's Day comes this paean to the home repair-challenged, part counting book (the young narrator recounts each year in his life in terms of a series of disastrous domestic projects tackled by his dad), part rollicking read-aloud (

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THE VISIT

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Caralyn Buehner, Author, Wendy Anderson Halperin, Illustrator , illus. by Wendy Anderson Halperin. Dial $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1189-1

"Tall sister" Beth and "small sister" Jill temporarily leave their parents behind for a summer visit to their aunt and uncle's farm in this sunny picture book outing. Lindbergh's (Nobody Owns the Sky ) rhymed couplets (one...

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Homer the Library Cat

Reeve Lindbergh, illus. by Anne Wilsdorf. Candlewick, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-3448-3

A loud noise sets in motion an unexpected adventure for Homer, a quiet cat accustomed to living in a quiet house with a quiet lady. When the woman leaves the house (as she does each day), Homer’s typically peaceful routine is interrupted by a...

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MY HIPPIE GRANDMOTHER

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Abby Carter, Illustrator , illus. by Abby Carter. Candlewick $15.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0671-8

"My mother is a lawyer./ My dad works on TV," but this young narrator's role model is her beloved throwback grandmother, who favors tie-dyed T-shirts and love beads, farms organically and drives a purple bus (she even has a cat called...

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North Country Spring

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Liz Sivertson, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-395-82819-9

In a fresh rush of rhyming couplets, the voice of spring calls northern creatures to life: ""Wiggle out, swim about, says the voice to the trout./ Skim the silvery riverbanks, in and out""; ""Strut out, tall moose, from your stand of spruce./ Walk...

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What Is the Sun?

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Stephen Lambert, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-146-5

Parents enduring the ``Why?'' stage of child development will appreciate this poetic, serenely illustrated explanation of the sun and other natural wonders. A bedtime conversation set in verse, the narrative is crafted from a boy's questions and his

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What Is the Sun?

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Stephen Lambert, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $4.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56402-609-5

""Parents enduring the `why' stage of child development will appreciate this poetic, serenely illustrated explanation of the sun and other natural wonders,"" said PW about this bedtime story. Ages 3-up. (Feb.)

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Johnny Appleseed: A Poem

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Kathy Jakobsen, Illustrator Joy Street Books $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-52618-0

There is no lack of books about Jon Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, but this is an outstanding addition to the collection. Lindbergh's ( The Midnight Farm ; Benjamin's Barn ) poem tells the story of one man's crusade to spread apple seeds

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There's a Cow in the Road!

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Illustrator Dial Books $13.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8037-1335-2

Lindbergh's ( The Day the Goose Got Loose ) breezy rhyme describes early-morning commotion just outside a girl's window: ``There's a cow in the road! / And it sure is a shock / When I first wake up / At seven o'clock''). With just enough repetition...

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The Awful Aardvarks Go to School: 5

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Illustrator Viking Children's Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-670-85920-7

This witty, giddy alphabet book also takes a sideways glance at issues of crime and punishment. In a rhyming narrative that echoes the voice of a precocious first grader (complete with knowing asides), Lindbergh (View from the Air) relates the chaos

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THE AWFUL AARDVARKS SHOP FOR SCHOOL

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Tracey Campbell Pearson, Illustrator , illus. by Tracey Campbell Pearson. Picture Puffin $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-14-230122-7

"This giddy alphabet book also takes a sideways glance at issues of crime and punishment, in a rhyming narrative that echoes the voice of a precocious first-grader," wrote PW. Ages 3-8. (July)

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OUR NEST

Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Jill McElmurry, Illustrator , illus. by Jill McElmurry. Candlewick $15.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1286-3

"Snuggled in bed,/ You're all safe and warm,/ Like a bird in a nest in a tree." But nests—even figurative ones—aren't the exclusive domains of animals, as Lindbergh (My Hippie Grandmother ) explains in this poignant...

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On Morning Wings

Reeve Lindbergh, Adapted by, Holly Meade, Illustrator, Reeve Lindbergh, Author Candlewick Press (MA) $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7636-1106-4

Often breathtaking watercolor-and-collage illustrations by Holly Meade illuminate On Morning Wings by Reeve Lindbergh, a verse adaptation of Psalm 139 that previously appeared in Lindbergh's In Every Tiny Grain of Sand: A Child's Book of Prayers...

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The View from the Kingdom: A New England Album

Richard Brown, Author, Reeve Lindbergh, Author, Reeve Lindbergh, Photographer Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $29.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-15-193637-3

""The kingdom'' (a name bestowed by native son, Senator George Aiken) is 2,000 square miles and three counties of northeastern rural Vermont where Reeve Lindberg (daughter of Charles and Anne) and her husband, photographer Richard Brown, have lived...

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