J. Otto Seibold, . . Chronicle, $6.95 (36pp) ISBN 978-0-8118-5100-8
"The team behind Olive, the Other Reindeer
exposes the reveries of a flightless bird. This dizzying volume proves that high-tech illustration need not be chilly (even if the subject lives on an iceberg)," said PW
. Ages 5-8. (Oct.)
Walsh and Seibold, whose offbeat characters include Mr. Lunch and Olive, the Other Reindeer, introduce a prepossessing and generous escargot. "Once upon a time... in a lovely meadow a Continue reading »
Blaring pink, pumpkin orange, lime green and robin's-egg blue form wild combinations in Seibold's (Olive, My Love
) quirky new volume, whose rounded Continue reading »
Vegetarian vampire Dagmar, who prefers cherry juice to blood, “tend[s] to his moonlit vegetable patch” rather than prowl. Dagmar also adores candy, and when his crops grow slowly, he Continue reading »
Other Goose: Re-Nurseried and Re-Rhymed Children's Classics
J. Otto Seibold
Seibold's manic characters and seasick palette give Mother Goose a jolt of Red Bull. Humpty Dumpty buys elevator shoes, Little Boy Blue gets a tuba ("The sheep are in Venice,/ and the cow's in Continue reading »
A dog goes to Venice and finds the bird-chasing opportunity of a lifetime. In a starred review, PW called the tale ""campy yet childlike, sophisticated yet frankly silly."" Ages 4-up. Continue reading »
Seibold and Walsh (Olive, the Other Reindeer), specialists in hip digital graphics and comic excess, expose the reveries of a flightless bird. Chongo Chingi the penguin initially appears against a Continue reading »
A chimp named Ham was the first simian in space, and when he returned to earth, he went to live at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. But what if he'd capitalized on his fame by starting a Continue reading »
Seibold and Walsh's (Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride) eccentric canine hero and bird-chaser extraordinaire is on the move again, this time in a canoe on loan from an elephant. His first night out he is Continue reading »
Seibold and Walsh specialize in street-smart art and convoluted story lines, and this addition to the Mr. Lunch series does not disappoint. Mr. Lunch, an entrepreneurial white dog, chases birds Continue reading »
In a family of five siblings, this book’s narrator—the second-oldest—describes how “we can split anything.” Divvying things up is easy when it comes to broccoli (“Hey, you Continue reading »
A boy with an affinity for animals, a girl who can fly when the wind blows, and a secreted-away world in need of saving propel this realms-roving dazzler, a trilogy opener from Continue reading »
Five major currents in the Atlantic Ocean “swirl billions of gallons of water clockwise around and around,” creating an immense body of water, called the Sargasso Sea after the Continue reading »
As Edward Imagined: The Story of Edward Gorey in Three Acts
Matthew Burgess
In a world bound by rules and conventions, what’s it like to be someone “content to do his own thing, in his own way, in his own time”? Burgess (Sylvester’s Letter) and Majewski Continue reading »