Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator , illus. by David Small. FSG $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-32463-6
In perhaps their most personal work to date, this fifth collaboration between the husband-and-wife team behind The Journey
explores the subtle, intense bond shared by a girl and her caregiver, inspired by a similar relationship in the author's...
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Sunburst $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-45295-7
PW praised Small's ``evocative, pastel-filled watercolors,'' adding that the story of Miss McGillicuddy, her garden and her greedy neighbors ``will raise worthwhile questions for both children and adults.'' Ages 5-8. (Apr.)
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-34388-0
The creators of The Money Tree paint a blithe yet affectionate portrait of a woman whose life centers on reading. Elizabeth Brown's obsession begins in childhood: ""She didn't like to play with dolls,/ She didn't like to skate./ She learned to read...
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-32517-6
Late in the summer of 1935, Lydia Grace's parents are out of work, and to help make ends meet they send Lydia Grace to live with Uncle Jim, a baker in the city, ""until things get better."" Told entirely through Lydia Grace's letters, the story...
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Live Oak Media (NY) $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-33905-0
HAn Amish girl makes her first visit to a city (Chicago, in this case) in another graceful and understated work by the collaborators of the Caldecott Honor book, The Gardener. In daily entries, Hannah addresses her diary as ""my silent friend,"" as...
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Sunburst Books $6.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-44394-8
In this ""blithe yet affectionate portrait of a woman whose life centers on reading,"" said PW, ""Small's airy illustrations charm with historical touches and soothing pastel hues."" All ages. (Sept.)
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator Farrar Straus Giroux $6.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-42518-0
To ease the Depression's burdens on her family, an irrepressible girl spends the summer with her dour baker uncle in the city. In a starred review, PW said that this Caldecott Honor book ""speaks volumes about the vast impact one small individual...
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Sarah Stewart, illus. by David Small. FSG/Ferguson, $16.99 (44p) ISBN 978-0-374-32565-7
This gentle book from the husband-and-wife team behind the Caldecott Honor book The Gardener is aptly titled: Small’s fluid paintings do a splendid job of silent storytelling, just as Stewart’s taut narrative is gracefully subdued. The text consists
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Sarah Stewart, Author, David Small, Illustrator, David Small, Photographer Farrar Straus Giroux $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-374-35014-7
From the window of her cozy farmhouse, Miss McGillicuddy notices ``an unusual shape'' poking through the snow. By spring it has grown into an oddly configured tree the branches of which are laden not with leaves but with dollar bills. Word of this...
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Sarah Stewart, illus. by David Small. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30546-8
This short meditation by married cocreators Stewart and Small (The Gardener) opens as a young woman slips past a New York Public Library lion with a book clutched to her chest. “I take this book,” Stewart begins, “to be my friend” (the girl, now...
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