Sparrow Jack
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publisher'sWeekly:
With the same gusto he brought to What Charlie Heard,
Gerstein celebrates
the accomplishments of another out-of-the-box thinker, John Bardsley.
In 1868, the Englishman… imported 1000 sparrows to the United States…This odd
historical tidbit, in Gerstein's skilled hands shapes up into a funny and
engrossing tale…
Humor and fancy augment every lightly hued, cross
hatched illustration… playful touches make these humble creatures (sparrows)
soar.
The Horn Book:
Gerstein's illustrations, peopled with Dickinson types and swarming with appealing birds,
exhibit his usual genius for lively and harmonious compositions that range across every spread in a pleasing variety of frames.
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