Lisa Brown's Reviews
Reviews of Lisa’s Work
Aug.16.2010
Published by Publisher's Weekly
Bela, a vampire with a fanged overbite, and his witch friend, Morgan, set out to look for children on Halloween night, though they aren't sure they exist ("I've heard they like to...
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May.30.2010
Published by San Francisco Chronicle
A supernatural mystery set in the suburbs of Boston during the final years of the Civil War, Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown's Picture the Dead (Sourcebooks Fire; 272 pages; $17.99)...
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Jun.01.2010
Published by Kids Lit
After his death, Jennie had always felt the spirit of her twin brother near her. Now her fiancé Will has died in the Civil War. His brother, Quinn, has returned with injuries....
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May.01.2010
Published by Publisher's Weekly
(starred review) Picture the Dead
Adele Griffin, illus. by Lisa Brown, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4022-3712-6
In this smartly restrained ghost story, orphan...
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May.03.2010
Published by Though the Looking Glass Children's Book Reviews
This extremely powerful and sometimes disturbing book will very likely cause readers to experience a spooky shiver more than once as they read. The author beautifully captures the...
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Apr.28.2010
Published by Booklust
"...a dash of Victoriana and a smidge of Gothic horror."
"Picture the Dead" is one of those books you see in a bookstore, pick up and thumb through, and then clutch to your chest...
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Apr.14.2010
Published by Shelf-Awareness
Picture the Dead by Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown (Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781402237126/140223712X, 272 pp., ages 12-up, May 2010)
Adele Griffin here combines the supernatural...
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Mar.30.2010
Published by Flavorwire.com
Curious Pages is a blog that scans and posts strange and wonderful children’s books that time forgot. Browsing through its archive, we were reminded of just how weird kids’ books...
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Mar.22.2010
Published by The Rumpus
There are book websites and then there are book websites. Lisa Brown and Adele Griffin’s site for their new young-adult-illustrated-Civil-War-ghost-story (yep), Picture the Dead,...
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Jan.26.2010
Published by School Library Journal: A Fuse #8 Production
Now I don't tend to report on YA unless a publisher is small. And really, until now Sourcebooks didn't have much of a YA imprint to talk of. Now they've created one and it's...
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Jul.14.2008
Published by Family Reads: dependably delightful books for kids
How to Be is a simple picture book that highlights the unique qualities of several different animals. For example, if you want to be a snake: "Shed your skin. Slither. Dance in a...
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Mar.25.2010
Published by The Savvy Source
One of the all-time great lines in the preschool teacher arsenal is "you get what you get and you don't get upset." What's that you say? Your little one would like a bit of an...
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Jun.18.2006
Published by The Boston Globe
I'll start with Lisa Brown's first book, ``How to Be," which gives instruction on how to be a bear, a monkey, a turtle, a snake, a spider, a dog, and, ultimately, a person. Brown'...
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Feb.14.2006
Published by 50 Books
When did kids' books get so fucking awesome?
I guess there were cool books when I was a little kid, but I'll be damned if I can remember what they were. Picture books were not...
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About Lisa
LISA BROWN is the bestselling illustrator and/or author of a growing number of books, including How to Be, The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming, and Baby Mix Me a Drink. Picture the Dead, an illustrated YA Civil War ghost story written with author Adele...
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