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Black and white -
David Macaulay.
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Annotations:
- Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
Best Books:
- Best Children's Books of the Year, 2004 ; Bank Street College of Education; United States
Children's Catalog, Eighteenth Edition, 2001 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Children's Catalog, Nineteenth Edition, 2006 ; H.W. Wilson; United States
Children's Choices, 1991 ; International Reading Association; United States
Notable Children's Books, 1991 ; Association for Library Service to Children; United States
Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2002 ; California Department of Education; California
Awards, Honors, Prizes:
- Randolph Caldecott Medal, 1991 Winner United States
State and Provincial Reading Lists:
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 1992 ; Nominee; Kentucky
Horn Book Guide:
- 1990 Fiction Rating 2, Superior, well above average.
Reading Measurement Programs:
Accelerated Reader
Interest Level Lower Grade
Book Level 3.4
Accelerated Reader Points 0.5
Accelerated Vocabulary
Lexile, MetaMetrics, Inc.
Lexile Measure 610
Reading Counts-Scholastic
Interest Level 3-5
Reading Level 4
Title Point Value 2
Lexile Measure 610
Reviews:
- CCBC (Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices, 1990)
What is black and white and read all over... and over? One response might be this study of Holstein cows, an escaped convict, train stations, a toy train and railroad passengers. What at first seems to be four separate stories ("Seeing Things," "Problem Parents," "A Waiting Game," and "Udder Chaos") emerges as a multilayered whole as characters, designs and realities merge. A blizzard of words cannot be separated from the visual images it stimulates on the page. All is not black and white nor was it ever intended to be: the full-color art has several possible meanings. A striking jacket design and the 1930s details set the mood for an extraordinary puzzle which must be read again and pored over in order to capture its subtle, brilliant humor. CCBC categories: Picture Books; Fiction For New Readers. 1990, Houghton Mifflin, 32 pages, $14.95. Ages 4-12.Kirkus (Kirkus Reviews, 1990)
Warning that the stories here "do not necessarily occur at the same time" and that they may prove to be "only one story," the endlessly inventive Macaulay challenges readers to unravel an intricate puzzle in the form of four stories--simultaneously presented in the four quadrants of each double spread. Even the type styles, as well as the illustrative styles, are different; but alert readers will note common elements--a masked burglar, escaping cows, newspapers, trains--that serve different functions in different stories but that also serve to link them. They are linked, of course, and Macaulay slips in plenty of visual jokes and asides along the way; but even the most persistent puzzlers may conclude that he's been too clever by half. The journey here holds some interest, but the story concealed within the stories is hardly worth the effort. 1990, Houghton Mifflin, $14.95. © 1990 Kirkus Reviews/VNU eMedia, Inc. All rights reserved.Horn Book (The Horn Book Guide, 1990)
A picture book that toys with the reader as it experiments with the concept of time, simultaneity of events, and the question of one story impinging on another. A free-wheeling and free-spirited escape from the ordinary. Category: Fiction. 1990, Houghton, 32pp.. Ages 5 to 9. Rating: 2: Superior, well above average. Subjects:
- Literary recreations.
| Language | Call Number | LCCN | Dewey Decimal | ISBN/ISSN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (eng) | PZ7.M1197 Bl 1990 |
89028888 |
[Fic] |
0395521513 9780395521519 |