Readers Who Know What They Like: Like Handel, by MT Anderson

Handel, Who Knew What He Liked by MT Anderson. Candlewick Press, 2001.

A fun change from what one expects in a nonfiction book, Anderson’s text is witty and a mite sarcastic, with humorous illustrations.

The book tells an actual story, rather than miscellaneous facts, which not only makes for better retention, but makes the book interesting. How novel! An interesting book on a long-dead composer. I loved the fly on the wall in the first illustration, as well as the sarcasm about Handel’s wig.

P.S. Quite different from other Anderson reads (Octavian Nothing, Feed...)

Rebecca Grabill

Rebecca has been writing since childhood, her first book about a kitten published between homemade cardboard covers in second grade. Although she studied religion and philosophy in university, she continued writing, earning an MFA from Hamline University and publishing multiple picture books (no longer with homemade covers) and a collection of poetry with a variety of New York and independent publishers. She has also published a wide array of fiction, essays, and poetry in magazines and journals and photographs for Getty Images. She balances writing with homeschooling the younger of her six children, launching her young adults, church activities, and overseeing a small flock of chickens in rural West Michigan.

www.rebeccagrabill.com
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