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About the Author-
Thomas Locker has illustrated more than 30 books, many of which he has written, including Skytree, Walking with Henry, John Muir, Hudson: The Story of a River, and Rembrandt and Titus. His books have received many awards, including the Christopher Award, the Knickerbocker Lifetime Achievement Award, the John Burroughs Award, and The New York Times Award for best illustration. Robert C. Baron, the founder and chairman of Fulcrum Publishing, is a historian, scientist, and the author of or contributor to 25 books, including Pioneers and Plodders: The American Entrepreneurial Spirit.
Reviews-
June 1, 2004 Gr 2-5-In the first title, luminescent paintings reminiscent of the Hudson River School illustrate this majestic river. Hoping that youngsters will grow up to become proactive in the unending battle to preserve what is beautiful and natural, Baron and Locker have combined a text that is too subtle with illustrations that are too static. Using language that is often too simplistic for the complicated ideas presented, the author guides readers through the natural history of the Hudson and its surrounding areas. From the era of Native American inhabitation through the effects of uncontrolled industry and pollution, Baron describes life along this important waterway. "We are all part of nature and nature is part of us" is the theme that runs throughout the earnest but spotty text. In Rachel Carson, Locker's lush and serene paintings illustrate a very cursory biography of a complex woman. A page of meaningful quotations by Carson is appended; many of them may not be understood by the intended audience. Although unfailingly lovely, these titles are marginal purchases.-Eva Elisabeth VonAncken, Trinity-Pawling School, Pawling, NY
Copyright 2004 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
May 15, 2004 Gr. 2-5. Illustrator Locker's radiant landscape paintings have been part of many books that show and tell a conservationist story--among them " John Muir" (2003). This time the focus is on Locker's own home area, and author Baron's history of the famous Hudson River is an inspiring way to blend the American story with an environmental message. Opposite each of Locker's unframed pictures, Baron reveals a piece of geological history. Beginning with the river's birth, "when ocean tides cut a channel and met freshwater torrents from melting glaciers," he follows its evolution as Native American peoples moved up the Hudson Valley 10,000 years ago, European settlers drove indigenous people away and exploited the river's resources, and industry and agriculture threatened to turn the river into "an open sewer"--until conservationists such as Rachel Carson sounded the alarm. The text is sometimes flat, but the simple refrain "The mountain and the river saw it all" is a haunting comment on the history.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)
July 1, 2004 This book briefly explains humankind's history of using and abusing the Hudson River. Striving for an ecological tone, the maudlin text falls flat with the repetition of the refrain "we are all part of nature and nature is part of us." Locker's Hudson Riverschool style is appropriate, though none of the paintings is labeled with a location on the river.
(Copyright 2004 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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