Brancusi: The Sculpture and Drawings

by Sidney Geist (Illustrator)

Book by Geist, Sidney

Genres: Picture Books, Christmas

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1963

Reviews

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Caldecott honor
Similar Christmas picture books : The Gift of the Christmas Cookie by Dandi Daley Mackall; An Orange for Frankie by Patricia Polacco; Christmas Day in the Morning by Pearl S. Buck; Annikas Secret Wish by Beverly Lewis; The Christmas Miracle Of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski; A Christmas Dress for Ellen by Thomas S. Monson; and Rosa by Leo Politi.

[Joselyn Guizar · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great story about a young Mexican girl named Rosa. The author does a great job creating a story about the background of Rosa and the village she grew up in. The pictures are very detailed and the colors are beautiful.

[Capn · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this as a kid and never, ever forgot it. Tracked it down again decades later. Beautiful, dreamy - a time gone by. Find it, treasure it.

[Krislyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a sweet story with a sweet ending. I really appreciated that the ending wasn’t quite what I expected and that Rosa had a real love for her siblings in the book.

[Yara · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of my most treasured books. Leo Politi (the author-illustrator) came to my elementary school in the middle of the Mojave Desert, which truly feels like the middle of nowhere, and filled the first page with a beautiful dedication.

[Nathaniel Pearlman · Rating 4 out of 5]

My introduction to Brancusi. Lots of good pictures and dense well-written 36 page intro.