Be Boy Buzz - Hardcover

Hooks, Bell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786808144 ISBN 13: 9780786808144

Publisher: Jump at the Sun, 2002

Synopsis

Sparse text and energetic illustrations celebrate being Bold, All Bliss Boy, All Bad Boy Beast, Boy Running, Boy Jumping, Boy Sitting Down, and being in Love With Being a Boy--in fact, all things Boy.

About this title

Review:

"[A] pleasing and affirmative visual and textual interpretation of what it means to be a little boy: be boy buzz, indeed." Kirkus Reviews"

*"This spare, poetic riff on young manhood plumbs the delights and contradictions of what it means to be a boy. . . . Hooks's rhythmic blend of brevity and eloquence launches Raschka's trademark visual haiku. . . . This life-affirming book will have readers as much 'in love with being a boy' as are its own utterly irresistible characters." Publishers Weekly, starred review"

"[The] poetry is rhythmic and rolling, each word finessed to fit the pulse of [hooks's] verse. The lilt of the language is contagious, begging to be read aloud. . . . Raschka's mixed media illustrations are an energetic dream. . . . Buy it for the boys and all those who love them." Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books"

About the Author:

A world-renowned cultural critic, feminist theorist, and intellectual, bell hooks is a distinguished author and professor of English. She has written several acclaimed children's books including Be Boy Buzz, Skin Again and Happy to Be Nappy, all illustrated by Chris Raschka.

Chris Raschka is the Caldecott-Award-winning illustrator of The Hello Goodbye Window and A Ball for Daisy. He also received a Caldecott Honor for Yo! Yes? and has written and illustrated numerous books for children, among them three by bell hooks. He lives with his wife and son in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jump at the Sun
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786808144
• ISBN 13: 9780786808144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Raschka Chris