Issue: December 2008

Noah’s Ark

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The New York Times Best- Illustrated book returns Lisbeth Zwerger, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, employs her distintive style to breathe fresh life into this well-known Bible story. Her award-winning art uses clever vignettes and striking full pages to present the menagerie of animals sailing on this amazing voyage. With grace and economy, [...]

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Dani Bennoni

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

In Belgium in the summer of 1939, with his brother serving in the military, ten-year-old Bing asks his older neighbor, Dani, to repay a debt by teaching him to play soccer, but Dani refuses and sets Bing and his friend Lenny on a course for revenge.

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I’m Being Stalked by a Moonshadow

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

As his odd parents fight the regional environmental health officer about their dung-covered house and his melodramatic younger brother demands attention, fourteen-year-old Australian Seth Parrot simply seeks the muscular woman of his dreams.

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Night of the Howling Dogs

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

DYLAN’S SCOUT TROOP goes camping in Halape, a remote spot below the volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii. The only thing wrong with the weekend on a beautiful, peaceful beach is Louie, a tough older boy. Louie and Dylan just can’t get along.That night an earthquake rocks the camp, and then a wave rushes [...]

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The Baboon King

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Morengaru, a strong young hunter, has been cast out by both his mother’s people, the Kikuyu, and his father’s people, the Masai. Every day he misses human companionship, and soon he feels as though he’s becoming more like the animals around him. When Morengaru has the chance to belong again, he seizes the opportunity. Then [...]

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The Mystery of the Cupboard

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When Omri puts away the cupboard in The Secret of the Indian, he vows that it will be forever. Little Bear, Boone, and the other miniature figures he had brought to life will remain plastic. But then Omri and his family move to an old country farmhouse that they inherited from a distant relative, and [...]

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Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008
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The Robe of Skulls

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The sorceress Lady Lamorna wants a skull-studded gown of deep black velvet, but her treasure chest is empty of gold. That doesn’t stop her, however — from kidnapping, blackmailing, and using more than a little magic to get what she needs. Will her plans be foiled by the heroic Gracie Gillypot, two chatty bats, a [...]

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Hiroshima No Pika

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

August 6, 1945, 8:15 a.m. Hiroshima. JapanA little girl and her parentsare eating breakfast,and then it happened.HIROSHIMA NO PIKA.This book is dedicated to the fervent hope the Flashwill never happen again,anywhere.

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Frida: Viva La Vida! Long Live Life!

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Frida Kahlo, a native of Mexico, is described here in biographical poems accompanied by her own artwork. Both text and images reveal the anguish and joy of her two marriges to muralist Diego Rivera, her life-long suffering from a crippling bus accident, and her thrist for life, even as she tasted death. Carmen T. Bernier-Grand’s [...]

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