Search Results: "Helena Clare Pittman"


BOOK REVIEW

UNCLE PHIL'S DINER by Helena Clare Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 3, 1998

"A charming reminiscence. (Picture book. 5-7)"
On a wintry Sunday morning, Ruthie and her papa set out to walk nine blocks through a snow storm to have breakfast at Uncle Phil's diner. Read full book review >

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SUNRISE by Helena Clare Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 1998

"Enticing on many levels, this book offers an edifying blend of entertainment and instruction. (Picture book. 3-6)"
Effectively joining text and art, this book provides an abundance of repetition to reinforce the concept of numbers. Read full book review >

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STILL-LIFE STEW by Helena Clare Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 1998

"Of course, this ought to be paired with Lois Ehlert's Growing Vegetable Soup (1987) or her Eating the Alphabet (1989) for a story-hour vegetable course. (Picture book. 3-9)"
A book that begins and ends with vegetables, with an art lesson in between. Read full book review >

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THE SNOWMAN’S PATH by Helena Clare Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2000

"Readers will wish they too lived along that alley. (Picture book. 8-10)"
An air of magical realism hangs about this childhood fantasy strongly echoed in Colón's combed, golden-toned winter scenes. Read full book review >

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FRIENDS AND FOES by Eddie Pittman
written and illustrated by Eddie Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 10, 2017

"This sophomore effort takes a slight narrative stumble, but overall, it's a nifty addition to the series. (Graphic fantasy. 7-12)"
In this second volume, a plucky Earth girl tries to make her way on her new home planet. Read full book review >

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NON-FICTION
Released: April 5, 2012

"Though exhaustively researched, the book is not compelling enough to hold the interest of anyone who does not have a personal connection to the material. Read Eric Hansen's Orchid Fever (2000) instead."
An excruciatingly detailed account of the 2002 controversy that rocked Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Fla., when its scientists were asked to identify an orchid of dubious origin. Read full book review >

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RED'S PLANET by Eddie Pittman
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 19, 2016

"A first volume that's truly lively and entertaining; expect a vociferous cry for the next installment. (Graphic science fiction. 7-12)"
A preteen girl frustrated with her life in the foster-care system finds herself redefining family when she unexpectedly crash-lands on an alien planet. Read full book review >

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THE CATALYST by Helena Coggan
YOUNG ADULT
Released: Oct. 11, 2016

"Nonetheless, compelling secrets abound amid the overstuffed incoherence, and it's a page-turner for all its flaws. (Dystopian fantasy. 12-16)"
A 15-year-old English girl must prevent her post-apocalyptic world from falling into yet another civil war between magic-wielding humans and those without it. Read full book review >

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NON-FICTION
Released: July 5, 2016

"An inviting tour through Florida's personality and the colorful characters that make it up."
A chronicle of the eccentric, enigmatic nature of the state of Florida. Read full book review >

BOOK REVIEW

NON-FICTION
Released: May 31, 1993

"Long on personal anecdote but short on substantive analysis, and gushing with feel-good fixes from a seemingly bottomless reservoir; still, a witty, well-meaning consideration of a serious social problem."
Atlanta psychiatrist Pittman (Private Lies, 1989) returns with an engaging, if not always convincing, assessment of the causes and cures of masculine inadequacy in America today. Read full book review >

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TILTING AT WINDMILLS by Joseph Pittman
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: March 1, 2001

"Tepid, get-out-the-Kleenex romance, riddled with greeting-card profundities and one too many windmill metaphors from a writer who is certainly no Cervantes."
A dreary debut about a young man who abandons Manhattan for a new life—and love—in a small town upstate. Read full book review >

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BIOGRAPHY & MEMOIR
Released: May 1, 2011

"The author writes with an acerbic intellect, blending self-deprecation with reflective back-patting into cohesive life stories that are relatable and, thankfully, usually funny."
Crisp, witty dispatches from the domestic front by a former wild child. Read full book review >
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