Barbara Rinkoff (1923–1975)
Author of A Map Is a Picture
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- Legal name
- Rinkoff, Barbara Jean Rich
- Birthdate
- 1923-01-25
- Date of death
- 1975-02-18
- Gender
- female
- Education
- New York University
- Occupations
- children's book author
social worker - Short biography
- Barbara Rinkoff, née Rich, was born in New York City and graduated from New York University. Early in her career, she was a social worker at Beekman Hospital.
Later she became an author of books for children and young adults. These included A Map Is a Picture (1962), Member of the Gang (1970), The Pretzel Hero: A Story of Old Vienna (1970) and The Watchers (1972). - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Mount Kisco, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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This book was published in 1967... goodness, is that really FIFTY years ago??? The age definitely shows... but it's still a decent book for kids (around 3rd to 6th grade) with just a touch of magic, in the form of a filling in his tooth that gives Elbert the power to read people's minds.
The protagonist is believable, as his eventual success in the book comes from his knowledge and hard practice, not his magic. The filling also comes with limits, he has to brush his tooth to make the filling show more work. The author presented this touch of magic in a realistic way, instead of simply making things come easy as you see too often when people get magic. The ending was overall satisfactory, this was an easy read for me, and is appropriate for the aforementioned ages. show less
The protagonist is believable, as his eventual success in the book comes from his knowledge and hard practice, not his magic. The filling also comes with limits, he has to brush his tooth to make the filling show more work. The author presented this touch of magic in a realistic way, instead of simply making things come easy as you see too often when people get magic. The ending was overall satisfactory, this was an easy read for me, and is appropriate for the aforementioned ages. show less
Another chance to see art from Mikolaycak. Marvelous: vibrant, exciting, fun. The story is very simple, and since it's from 1529 the author's note admits that the truth is not known. If your library doesn't have this, feel free to get you Mikolaycak fix elsewhere, but if it does, do check this out.
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- Works
- 27
- Members
- 389
- Popularity
- #62,203
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 35
- Languages
- 2