Julia RothmanRecensioni

Our family has collected nearly all of Julia Rothman's books over the last few years and have enjoyed them greatly. This was the first activity book of hers that we have encountered, however. The illustrations, as always, are simply fantastic. The book featured a wide variety of activities that were interesting and engaging. My 8 and 10 year old collaborated to write the following review after engaging with the entire book:

"We really liked it and ew think the activities like the crossword puzzles and the word searches were very fun. The activity where you follow the bunny's hops was very hard as we couldn't follow the hops. Overall, it was a very fun activity book and we very much enjoyed completing the different activities and have learned a lot about forms. It makes a great companion book with the Farm Anatomy book and we ended up using the Farm Anatomy book for a few of the activities. We would recommend this book to anyone between the ages of 6-12 who wants to learn more about farms"

This amazing little activity book is a perfect blend of truly educational content and fun. The learning activities go well beyond any other activity book I’ve seen, with labeling parts of plants or identifying different plants. There is great information about plants kids might not otherwise be familiar with, as well as teaches about some of the equipment used on a farm. Lastly, the illustrations are gorgeous!

I accessed a free electronic copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

I absolutely love the concept of doing a ladies drawing night! Perhaps someday I will move to a place where I can live near other creative people and do just this! As for the exercises in the book, I will try the pattern making one.

Native New Yorker Julia Rothman writes and illustrates a lovely book about New York with quirky information, profiles of New Yorkers and mini reviews. I bought this to give as a gift but decided to read and keep it!

I was skeptical at first. And frankly, I don't think I will ever use this book in a storytime setting. But, just as in the vein of the Stinky Cheese Man, comes mad libs, morse code, and pig latin versions of well known nursery rhymes. Some made me laugh. Some made me just roll my eyes. But kids will find it funny.

The illustrations, though, I am definitely not a fan of. They are vintage....ish, which isn't my issue. They just feel gross. They won't catch the eye of readers I don't expect. =",,,1,0
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Jon Scieszka brings his signature humor and playfulness to nursery rhymes. Read Humpty Dumpty transformed by computer translation from one language to another and back to English. What might a book report on Jack Be Nimble mention? How about a Jabberwocky version of Old Mother Hubbard?

I love things that play with language and found this an absolutely delightful rewriting of classic nursery rhymes. There are notes at the end that explain various things used to transform them, whether it was Esperanto or Morse code or the military alphabet, and a little about the history of Mother Goose as well.½

Take my money!
Wonderfully illustrated history and physical of the earth's oceans and inhabitants. The author is also a fantastic illustrator who makes it more real and for us to have more appreciation of all of the wildlife that many of us will never be able to visit. It's zoology for the rest of us! While it seems to be viewed as a book for children, the information and technical verbiage kind of belies that narrow definition. I promote it as for ages 3 to 103! Can't wait to go out and buy several print copies for others! I loved it and so will my family.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to any school or your public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from Storey Publishing, LLC via NetGalley. Thank you!
By purchasing this book, the author will be using all of her advance royalty payment to help two promising students that need funding to get their master’s degrees to further help in protecting wildlife animals.

Jon Scieszka and Julia Rothman give nonsensical makeovers to the nursery rhymes and illustrations from Blanche Fisher Wright's classic The Real Mother Goose, playing the Google Translate game with "Humpty Dumpty," rewriting "Jack Be Nimble" with Spoonerisms, reversing the word order of "Old Mother Hubbard," turning "Hey Diddle Diddle" into a recipe, etc.

It's an interesting intellectual exercise, with all the modes of reinterpretation explained in detail in the long notes section at the end. I'm not it would hold the attention of a small child all the way through, but my wife and I had fun with it.

(Another project! I'm trying to read all the picture books and graphic novels on the kids section of NPR's Books We Love 2022.)

First sentence: Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's horses, and all the King's men,
Cannot put Humpty together again.
So Dada Geese decided to help...

Premise/plot: How absurd can a collection of already slightly-absurd classic Mother Goose rhymes get? Extremely absurd in the hands of "Dada Geese" aka Jon Scieszka. He's no stranger to absurd twists-and-turns, the "fracturing" of the familiar.

Six classic rhymes get "fractured" or "spun." Each of the six get fractured six times. (So thirty-six new rhymes in all.)

These six include:

Humpty Dumpty

Jack Be Nimble,

Hey Diddle, Diddle

Old Mother Hubbard

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

My thoughts: This one is supposedly/allegedly inspired by "dadaism." (Kids probably won't know, won't care. Though I could be wrong. I certainly wouldn't have cared as a kid so long as I got a giggle or two from the book.) What I did appreciate as an adult reader was the back matter. *Some* of the new poems get a little extra explanation or footnote, if you will. (Like the morse code alphabet.)

The book is definitely odd/whimsical/absurd. That was the aim, and it succeeded.

I personally don't know *who* the perfect, target audience is. While the original Mother Goose or Real Mother Goose might have been for toddlers, preschoolers, the very young...this book is decidedly not for that young an audience.

For me, it was very hit or miss. I liked "Computer Translation Telephone" as a retelling of Humpty Dumpty. But Humpty Dumpty censored, well, I'm sure some will find it hilarious, but it wasn't me.

Even my 15 year-old daughter (non-bookworm—breaks my heart) picked this one up and said, "Mom, this book is neat!"

It's time for silliness and fun as six classical nursery rhymes are tossed through all sorts of language nonsense, flip-flops and more. First, the nursery rhyme is presented in its classical form. Then, everything from literary devices to word play to secret codes to languages...and just anything that words can go through hits these rhymes. The results are sometime humorous, while others make one think or even wonder how it makes sense...which it may not. For example, Humpty-Dumpty's rhyme meets Morse Code or Hey Diddle Diddle turns into a Haiku. Anything and everything is possible with these change-ups...and it's never the same thing twice.

The adaptations don't only bring interesting and silly results, but it does make readers see words in new ways. There is more educational value to this one than first meets the eye. Foreign languages join the mix, summaries, vowels, anagrams and much more. At the end of the book, each one of these types of 'twists' is explained, so the reader will learn more about Morse Code, similes, secret codes, puzzles, and everything else. Plus, it's fun.

The illustrations play between the text with gentler colors. These add just the right touch, where it is needed and let the text play stay on center stage. While this is a picture book, it's geared toward slightly older readers and will even make adults smile as they explore it with the younger audience.
I received a complimentary copy and enjoyed this one quite a bit.

Classic nursery rhymes get many bizarre twists: Morse code, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Spoonerism, news reports, and more. Abundant back matter.

This book is so lovely! The illustrations and stories are charming, and Julia Rothman's fondness for her city is obvious on every page.

This is a very attractive book, chock full of simple, understandable artwork and readable text. It's also almost a master class on nature illustration.
Julia Rothman gives us line drawings that explain birds, animals, plants, water cycles, and much more, and colors them just enought to make them even clearer. The pages are full, but never crowded. Short paragraphs explain the drawings and diagrams at an elementary level, but in a way that interested this very old adult.

Una colección divertida, refrescante, desprejuiciada, esclarecedora y radicalmente inclusiva de historias, ensayos, testimonios e ilustraciones sobre sexo, relaciones y confianza corporal.

I've never been to New York but I'm a big fan of the city and by reading this, I want to go there even more.

The book is well organized and written by Julia. Love every pieces of drawing that she made to illustrate the places and situations. I also love how this book is a mixture of travel guide, memoir, and letter with wonderful illustrations.

Only two things that I don't like, it's short and the font. I'd still be happy reading 500 pages of her writing and drawing, and there are some parts where the font is too small and curvy which made it hard to read.

This is one of the most stunning books I've ever had the pleasure of reading. The illustrations are BEAUTIFUL and the information is accessible but also very interesting. It's like a transformed textbook in a format kids would actually interact with. I say kids but I really think anyone at any age would love. It was really nice to see the bits about low impact and high impact fishing as well and the recommended reading at the end. I'm really surprised by how comprehensive this book is! I read a digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Fun little book with plenty of interesting tidbits about the five NYC boroughs. Discovered quite a few new places to visit the next time I visit.

nonfiction, science, marine, geology,*****,

Take my money! Wonderfully illustrated history and physical of the earth's oceans and inhabitants. While it seems to be viewed as a book for children, the information and technical verbiage kind of belies that narrow definition. I promote it as for ages 8 to 108! Can't wait to go out and buy several print copies for others!
I requested and received a free ebook copy from Storey Publishing via NetGalley. Thank you!

El campo está de moda. Y es normal. Las ciudades cada vez nos exigen más y nos ofrecen menos, y sus ritmos y obligaciones nos resultan más insostenibles. De modo que, tanto si estás pensando en abandonar la ciudad como si te apetece traerte un trocito del campo a casa, y comenzar a cambiar desde allí las cosas, éste es tu libro. Y, además, no podría ser más bonito.

Julia Rothman, una de las más reconocidas ilustradoras norteamericanas ha creado una bellísima guía visual sobre la vida en el campo. En ella aprenderás todo lo que necesitas saber para llevar una existencia alejada del asfalto, pero también descubrirás un sinfín de curiosidades, anécdotas y hasta recetas para disfrutar de la sabiduría y los placeres de la vida rural.

A beautiful book that is so much more than an illustrated guide to one of the greatest cities in the world, New York.Through lovely illustrations and unpretentious language, this becomes a hymn not just to the city itself but to the people who are the heart of it, to multiculturalism,tolerance,honesty.A lesson as to how we can all live together and create wonders...

This book is superficial both when it comes to art and content (text), and a hodge-podge of various tidbits of information, some of which is grossly incorrect. As a science book it is rather worthless. As a book to inspire people (adults and children) to learn more about nature, maybe? The information is so fragmentary and random that you might get some dinner conversation topics out of it, but as a learning tool, not so much.

Julia Rothman dishes up a beautifully illustrated guide to the basics of food and food preparation in her new installment Food Anatomy, the third in her Anatomy series. She covers a broad scope of topics, from food groups to spices to desserts and alcohol. The guide is not designed to be comprehensive but instead to introduce food basics such as appropriate terminology, how various cultures use the food item, and little known facts.

My favorite part of Food Anatomy was the trivia Rothman includes in each section. She provides details such as a flounder’s eyes start on each side of the fish but one eye migrates as the flounder ages so that both eyes end up on the same side. There are over 40,000 varieties of rice, and it is grown on every continent except Antarctica. Botanists believe that all citrus plants derive from four ancient wild plants. Rothman also explains the origin of the pretzel as well as that of the fortune cookie and describes how to tell whether fish and eggs are fresh or too old for consumption. The particulars regarding the way different cultures prepare various foods such as chicken, sandwiches, pastries, pizza and hot dogs were very informative, and the illustrations help the reader visualize the many food options the world offers. The other part I truly loved about Food Anatomy was the illustrations. Rothman’s drawings really add to the text and create a one-of-a-kind book.

At the end of this amazing book, the author includes a note stating that it took more than a year to create Food Anatomy. The time and effort it took Rothman and those helping her to bring this book to fruition is very evident. She traveled to various parts of the world to ensure numerous cultures were represented and then painstakingly (and stunningly) illustrated each and every topic. The result is a huge success that will appeal to a wide range of readers. I plan to order my own hard copy to keep on display in my kitchen for both reference and to just enjoy perusing from time to time.

I highly recommend this book. Food Anatomy would make a great gift for anyone, young or old. I would recommend buying it as a hard copy versus the Kindle edition so that the illustrations can truly be appreciated. Thanks to Storey Publishing and NetGalley for the chance to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It's fun to look through other people's sketchbooks, especially if you admire their finished art. It's a nice reminder that the sketchbook isn't supposed to be a little bound art gallery: it's a place for experimentation and expression and practice. There will be beauty in there, to be sure, but it doesn't have to be polished. A good browse if you're looking for inspiration or just want to see how other folks fill their pages.

It's kind of difficult to classify this book, and even harder to determine its intended audience. It's a nature book, that claims to cover the anatomy of natural things (if the title didn't make that clear) but it is more of an art book than anything. The author hand-painted every image in the book, and the information that accompanies her art is...rudimentary, at best. It kind of reminds me of an elementary-age science book in that regard.

I personally found this in my local library's science nonfiction section, but it could easily be in the children's area, or the art section, and not feel out of place at all. That is probably the biggest issue for me, considering where I picked it up and what the title is, I was expecting a bit more scientific depth. That's not the book's fault, really...or perhaps it is, simply because it doesn't fit cleanly into one category or another, leaving it an awkward and gray middle-area. Which is exactly how I'm rating it.

What's so cool about this book is that it likes like a science notebook--collections of pictures annotated with facts about them. The topic in this book is farms.