Category: story comparisons
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Deja Vu All Over Again
The Good~Bye Book by Judith Viorst and illustrated by Kay Chorao (1988) gave me a sense of déjà vu. It reminded me of Don’t Forget to Come Back by Robie H. Harris and illustrated by Harry Bliss (2004). And for the third time, I find two books that are similar, but not the same. Both…
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Pale Male x 3
I’ve enjoyed reading three picture books about a famous hawk from New York City. Pale Male arrived in Central Park in 1991 and eventually built a nest at 927 Fifth Avenue. He grew an international fan club. It’s fascinating how the three stories differ in text and illustration. City Hawk: The Story of Pale Male…
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Retold . . . and Revised?
The Mitten by Jan Brett (1989) is one of her gorgeously illustrated stories that I read many years ago. What I didn’t remember was a note that precedes the story. It’s a full page explanation of how The Mitten is a Ukranian folktale that her friends brought to her attention. She looked for all the…
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Only similar, not the same
Flostsam (2006) started me on a quest to find books by David Wiesner. His imagination and craft are expontentially different from any other author/illustrator. Flotsam is a large book with a bold red cover: a fish’s head with a huge camera lens-like eye smack in the center of the picture. The main character in this…
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Salamanders x 2
Salamander Dance by David FitzSimmons (2016) has lovely paintings by Michael DiGiorgio. the Salamander Room by Ann Mazer (1991) has lovely paintings by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson. Both books teach readers something about the salamander’s habitat, yet they do so in dramatically different ways. Ann Mazer’s story is so clever. It’s a conversation between…
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