Picture book biographies
I got some new books today, YAY! I suppose it's a sign of my madness that when I get a box of new books, it always feels like Christmas. So of course, I hauled several of them home to read. There were three gorgeous picture book biographies that I had been reading about on other blogs that I FINALLY got for our library. The first one is called "The Right Word" by Jen Bryant and Melissa Sweet. These two have teamed up before to write some awesome biographies about people you might never have heard of (like Tony Sarg, who invented the Macy's parade balloons-"Balloons Over Broadway"). This one is about Peter Mark Roget, of the thesaurus. It gives nice background information about the life of Dr. Roget, including the amazing number of things he invented, besides the thesaurus, but in my opinion, what really brings this one to life is the art work of Melissa Sweet. There is so much energy in these pictures, they practically leap off the page....