Pencils, Pens & Brushes: A Great Girls’ Guide to Disney Animation by Mindy Johnson, illustrated by Loreiay Bove. PICTURE BOOK. Disney Press, 2019. $19. 9781368028684
BUYING ADVISORY: EL - ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
The biographies of a dozen or so female artists from Disney are included in this book. Each woman has between a one to three page spread, including an illustration of themselves with ornamentations referencing their accomplishments.
These are great lengths for biographies - easy to read, but long enough to get detailed information. I don’t love the pink saturating the cover, as this would be a good book for boys and girls, but the inside of the book is not overly gendered. A young reader might have a difficult time figuring out how to read the book as it would be difficult to read in one sitting, and most palatable as one biography at a time.
Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher
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