Fresh Lookology
The Soaring Imagination of Uri Shulevitz
In two of his picÂture books Uri ShuleÂvitz introÂduces a child alone in a room, isoÂlatÂed, simÂiÂlar to our quarÂanÂtined chilÂdren today who are stuck at home, cut off from friends. But where is the iPad, teleÂviÂsion or comÂputÂer screen? Look closeÂly — there are none in the pictures.
The Mozart Season
Fresh LookolÂoÂgy feaÂtures books pubÂlished sevÂerÂal years ago that are too good to lanÂguish on the shelf. At the end of softÂball seaÂson and the beginÂning of sumÂmer, 12-year-old AlleÂgra Leah Shapiro learns that she has been selectÂed as a finalÂist in the Ernest Bloch Young MusiÂcians’ ComÂpeÂtiÂtion. She is the youngest finalÂist, someÂthing she worÂries about
Beethoven in Paradise
Fresh LookolÂoÂgy feaÂtures books pubÂlished sevÂerÂal years ago that are too good to lanÂguish on the shelf. MarÂtin Pittman takes a reader’s heart and runs with it. He lives in a trailÂer park called ParÂadise, but his home life is anyÂthing but. Martin’s father is abuÂsive, his mothÂer comÂpleteÂly cowed. He has no sibÂlings. His grandÂma, HazeÂline, who