Showing posts with label Roy McKie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roy McKie. Show all posts

Monday, January 9, 2017

Picture Book: Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?

Would You rather be a Bullfrog by Theo. LeSieg (Dr. Seuss), illustrated by Roy McKie, Random House, New York, 1975.
This book asks the all popular question of what do you want to be? but asks it in a rather peculiar way.  would you rather be a Dog or a Cat? A bullfrog or a Butterfly?  And it keeps on from there.  Great pictures and many different creatures represented.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Picture Book Review: In a People House by Theo. LeSieg

In a People House, by Theo LeSieg (Dr. Seuss) illustrated by Roy McKie, Bright and Early Books,  Random House, New York, 1972.
This Dr. Seuss book is published under his pseudonym, Theo. LeSeig, his birth name spelled backwards.  The goal of this book was to introduce children to new words.  In this book a mouse invites his bird friend into a people house to see what is inside the house.  The see many wonderful things, clock, ball, broom, door and many more.  There viewing ends with a big crash, and then they remember there are people in the house who don't care for birds and mice in their house.  This book has the Dr. Seuss rhyming magic, and simple illustrations from Roy McKie although Seuss usually illustrated his own books.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Bright and Early Board Book: Summer

Summer by Alice Low illustrated by Roy McKie, Random House, New York, 1963.
This is again a cardboard book published in 1991 based on the 1963 publication.  It shows the many joys of summer, including water mellon, the beach, swimming, fireworks, ice cream, swings and bug collecting.  These are all activities I enjoyed as a child.