Previews, Reviews, and Collection Development
Anna Katterjohn (akatterjohn@mediasourceinc.com) is Managing Editor for the LJ Book Review and assigns books on performing arts, cooking, home economics, and crafts.
ART INSTRUCTION HEATHER HALLIDAY, American Jewish Historical Soc., New York Adnum, Heidi. The Crafter’s Guide to Taking Great Photos: The Best Techniques for Showcasing Your Handmade Creations. Interweave. 2011. 192p. illus. index. ISBN 9781596686267. pap. $24.95. ART INSTRUCTION Aimed at craftspeople with minimal photography experience or equipment, this guide offers simple advice on arranging, composing, [...]
ART INSTRUCTION HEATHER HALLIDAY, American Jewish Historical Soc., New York Berry, Bob (illus.) & Joey Marsocci & Allison DeBlasio (text). How To Draw Steampunk. Walter Foster: Quayside. 2011. 128p. illus. ISBN 9781600582400. pap. $19.95. ART INSTRUCTION Steampunk, once a little-known subcultural phenomenon, has gained popularity. After a brief discussion of the origins and influences of [...]
ART INSTRUCTION HEATHER HALLIDAY, American Jewish Historical Soc., New York Harkins, Michael. Basics Typography. Vol 2: Using Type. AVA, dist. by Ingram. 2011. 184p. illus. bibliog. index. ISBN 9782940411559. pap. $34.50. ART INSTRUCTION Beginning with an expansive definition of the term typography and continuing with a discussion of the history of printed letters and an [...]
Editing reviews for our January 2012 issue, I’ve come across two cookbook trends that are busting out. “Kid” food for grown-ups (JELL-O, gelatin, jellies—whatever you call them, they’re popular) and home-cooked meals for babies. I’ve yet to know someone who specializes in making jelly desserts at home or to see a New York storefront, but [...]
ART INSTRUCTION HEATHER HALLIDAY, American Jewish Historical Soc., New York Horovitz, Ellen G. Digital Image Transfer: Creating Art with Your Photography. Pixiq: Sterling. 2011. 160p. illus. index. ISBN 9781600595356. pap. $24.95. ART INSTRUCTION Horovitz (director, graduate art therapy program, Nazareth Coll.) offers a variety of techniques to incorporate photography into art in novel ways. Detailed, [...]
ART INSTRUCTION HEATHER HALLIDAY, American Jewish Historical Soc., New York Bammes, Gottfried. Complete Guide to Life Drawing. Search, dist. by IPG. 2011. 312p. illus. ISBN 9781844486908. pap. $35. ART INSTRUCTION This practical guide is organized around the human anatomy with considerable attention devoted to proportion of the figure and how to portray bodies in motion [...]
At Springfield-Greene County (MO) Library District, Linda Lael Miller’s “Montana Creeds” series and Johanna Lindsey’s When Passion Rules reveal a local taste for romance that we don’t see often in our Top 20 Holds series. Patrons can also sign up for specific authors in the library’s Bestsellers Club to be placed on the holds list [...]
Based on the advance copies I receive, education publishing is blowing up this summer and fall. My question: Why aren’t these all summer publications, so teachers can start reading now? Questioning the elevated state of school security, Kathleen Nolan’s Police in the Hallways (Univ. of Minnesota) drops in September, right on the heels of Annette [...]
LJ kicked off BookExpo today with our annual Day of Dialog, featuring Jon Michaud, John Lithgow, Karin Slaughter, and other authors, book editors, and librarians. In addition to Editors’ Picks (look for a list of forthcoming big titles to be posted soon) and moving quotes from Lithgow (more coverage to come), the second panel, Truth or [...]
Not to be confused with NYPL’s Crafternoon (which, side note, is hosting a zines event this Saturday, and the host, Jessica Pigza, will speak on the Back to the Basics BookExpo panel ) Potter Craft’s Crafternoon, held today at the Random House offices, celebreated their five-year anniversary and previewed summer and fall titles. I spoke with Editorial Director [...]
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