LIS 721: Child at Heart

Juniper Tree, and other tales from Grimm Grimm, J., Grimm, W. K., Segal, L., & Sendak, M. (1973). The juniper tree, and other tales from Grimm. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.  This book is a collection of folk tales by the Grimm Brothers. It's been translated by Lore Segal and Randal Jarrell and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Some stories included in this collection are "Hansel and Gretel", "The Three Feathers", and "The Fisherman and His Wife".  It seems clear, though not explicitly stated, that this collection aims to compile a selection of Brothers Grimm tales and translate them for English readers. The translation note reveals an attention to detail to not only translating the work as a whole but giving credit to how and from what this work was translated from. The translation note remarks that one of the stories, "Many-Fur" was translated from the text, Kinder - und Hausmärchen (1812,1815). While the rest of the tales were from...

 1. My Daddy is a Cowboy  written by Stephanie Seales Illustrated by C.G Esperanza Seales, Stephanie. My Daddy is a Cowboy. Illustrated by C. G. Esperanza, Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2024.  First and foremost, I have to point out how beautifully illustrated this picture book is. Esperanza has truly captured a mood, atmosphere, and emotions by their use of color, contrast, texture, and shapes. Texture was among the very first aspects I noticed about this piece. Esperanza has chose to illustrate this book in a way that replicates the brush strokes and execution of oil painting or oil pastels, giving it a very artistic look.  Esperanza uses color to create an instill the overall vibe and atmosphere of a each scene. But the two best example I saw were, using a light blue color on nearly the entirety of the page to signify the breaking of dawn, right before the sun rises. And her use of warm colors in scenes that take place within the living room of the main characte...