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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
Gr 2-4 Lasky and Eitan imagine a day in O'Keeffe's life when her home was an adobe ranch in New Mexico. The text builds slowly, matching pace with the elderly woman waking in the predawn, stretching, savoring the smell of sagebrush, and arranging black stones in the courtyard before stepping into the desert to paint. The palette changes as time passes, from deep blues and blacks through gray-greens to the lavender that was the purpose of the artist's rising. Viewers see her figure framed by window openings from various distances unti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2009
Following Georgia O'Keeffe's daily routine, Lasky's precisely observed narrative describes details of the artist's life and work during he...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



