Herkert's poetry is a delight to the senses, though the overall package is on the slight side. A winsome picture book biography to pair with Melissa Sweet's Some Writer!: The Story of E.B. White.
Useful as a supplemental resource, but not essential for every collection.—Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Mary Cassatt (1844–1926) was unconventional right from the beginning: "When Mary was a girl in Pennsylvania, she knew she'd be an artist one day. In 1860, proper girls weren't artists. They had polite hobbies
Despite some limitations, this is a much-needed introduction to the life of a little known African American artist, with many possible curriculum connections: artists, quilters, women's history, and the Civil War.