Books by Chris Raschka
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review 1: Chris Raschka is known for his ability to get to the essence of things with minimal words and deceptively simple illustrations. He's hit the mark again in this new series that, frankly, should be board books. They're perfectly aimed at babies and toddlers who will want to read th...
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review 1: Raschka, C. (2013). Daisy Gets Lost. New York: Random House Children's Book.School Library Journal Review 2013Wordless This book is about a Daisy. She loves to play with her ball. One day while chasing after her ball, Daisy gets distracted by a squirrel. Daisy starts chasing t...
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review 1: "Everyone Can learn to Ride a Bicycle" is an “utterly simple picture book” about learning how to ride a bicycle. Anyone learning to ride a bike will appreciate the trials that the young girl in this book experiences while she is learning. Raschka tells, and shows, a grandpa helpi...
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review 1: A Ball for Daisy is a wonderful example of how a story can convey feeling strictly through the use of color. The story revolves around a small dog that finds a ball next to him after his nap and goes on an adventure with it at the park. Sadly, the ball is popped but he receives a...
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review 1: This is a wonderful, watercolored story about a little boy asking a little black crow all sorts of questions. Questions about the weather, about the crow’s emotions, and family etc. Its a great baby picture book because of the calming illustrations and the few words on the page. ...
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review 1: A boy sees a little black crow. He questions what the crow might wonder about.What I thought: The premise of Little Black Crow is certainly a novel one. The questioning format will appeal to my story time crowd. I can just imagine the answers they'd give. I love the illustrations...
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review 1: Claiming to be from Saturn, Sun Ra was definitely an out-of-this world character. Although he may have marched to a different beat, whose to say he was crazy? What's wrong with looking past people's skin colors? What's wrong with not participating in war? I love this quote: You m...
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review 1: The characters in this book are really fun. Norman Normann has a nice character arc. It is very interesting to watch him grow as a person during the year chronicled in this book. The author handles this in a subtle way and does a good job of showing Norman change rather than tell...
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review 1: Here's how it begins: "Cowy Cow has one hundred ideas. Here are some of her ideas. Number 79: Green is the best color ever. Number 34: If you chew grass long enough, it might taste like a gluten-free oatmeal raisin cookie."Cowy Cow may be my favorite of the four Thingy Thing book...