Volume IX Issue 4

WOW Review: Notable Global Picturebooks for All Ages
Volume IX, Issue 4
Summer 2017

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Introduction and Editor’s NoteA Boy and A Jaguar A Boy and a Jaguar
Written by Alan Rabinwitz
Illustrated by Catia Chien

A Piece of Home A Piece of Home
Written by Jeri Watts
Illustrated by Hyewon Yum

A Splash of Red A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Written by Jen Bryant
Illustrated by Mellissa Sweet

Applesauce Applesauce
Written and illustrated by Klaas Verplancke
Translated by Helen Mixter

Don't Cross the Line! Don’t Cross the Line!
Written by Isabel Minhó Martins
Illustrated by Benardo P. Carvalno
Translated by Daniel Hahn

Flowers for Sarajevo Flowers for Sarajevo
Written by John McCutcheon
Illustrated by Kristy Caldwell

Here I am Here I Am
Written by Patti Kim
Illustrated by Sonia Sanchez

Malaika's Costume Malaika’s Costume
Written by Nadia L. Hohn
Illustrated by Irene Luxbacher

My Beautiful Birds My Beautiful Birds
Written and Illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo

Pablo Finds a Treasure Pablo Finds a Treasure
Written by Andrée Poulin
Illustrated by Isabelle Malenfant

Playground Playground
Written by Mies Van Hout
Translated by Ineke Lenting

Somos como las nubes / We Are Like the Clouds by Jorge Argueta and Alfonso Ruano Somos como las nubes/We Are Like the Clouds
Written by Jorge Argueta
Illustrated by Alfonso Ruano

The Journey The Journey
Written and illustrated by Francesca Sanna

Who Built That? Bridges Who Built That? Bridges: An Introduction to Ten Great Bridges and Their Designers
Written and Illustrated by Didier Cornille
Translated by Yolanda Stern Broad


Contributors to This Issue:
Sara Alharbi, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Susan Corapi, Trinity University. Deerfield, IL
Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, OH
Yujin Lee, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA
Prisca Martens, Towson University, Baltimore, MD
Janelle Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Megan McCaffrey, Governors State University, Chicago, IL
Judi Moreillon, Literacies and Libraries Consultant, Tucson, AZ
Kathy G. Short, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Aranza Sparks, Trinity University. Deerfield, IL
Brett Stamm, University of North Texas, Denton, TX

Production Editor:
Rebecca Ballenger, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Review Board
Nojood M. Alsudairi, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Seemi Aziz, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Nancy Hlibok Amann, Arizona School for Deaf and Blind, Tucson, AZ
Kathleen Crawford-McKinney, Wayne State University, Troy, MI
Desiree Cueto, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
Michele Ebersole, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
Holly Johnson, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Gloria Kauffman, YIES School, Brianza, Italy
Janelle B. Mathis, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Gail Pritchard, Texas A&M University, Bryan, TX
Jean Schroeder, The IDEA School, Tucson, AZ
Tracy Smiles, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Celeste Trimble, St. Martin’s University, Lacey, WA
Yoo Kyung Sung, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Melissa Wilson, Leeds Trinity University, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK

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