New Releases by Margaret Hodges

A lively, richly illustrated family biography of pioneering Boston tattoo artists Edward "Dad" Liberty and his sons Frank, Harold, and Ted. Accompanied by a lush catalogue of historic tattoo flash art. Through the complex, deeply human story of an iconic family of Boston tattooers, Loud, Naked, & in Three Colors forges a deeper understanding of the history of a vernacular art form and the folk who made a living from its subversive attractions. From the 1910s until 1962, when Massachusetts banned tattooing statewide, Edward "Dad" Liberty and his three sons held a near-monopoly on the Boston tattoo scene from their shops in Scollay Square, the city's gritty entertainment district. Over their lifetimes, the Liberty men accumulated an unmatched collection of hand-painted tattoo flash art, photographs, machines, shop signs, correspondence, ephemera, and family memorabilia. Loud, Naked, & in Three Colors brings together this evocative, sometimes eye-popping material to create a groundbreaking visual and narrative history of tattooing in Boston. It is an appealing work for general readers and tattoo enthusiasts, as well as a definitive resource for tattoo artists and historians of popular culture. Loud, Naked, & in Three Colors presents nearly 700 never before published tattoo designs, known as "flash," passed down through the Liberty family. Painted on sheets, boards, books, window shades, and scraps of repurposed paper, these works represent nearly a dozen tattoo artists who plied needle and ink from the first years of the 20th century through the early 1960s. Highlights include artwork by early Boston tattoo artist and showman Frank Howard, Ed Smith, and tattoo luminary Ben Corday. Also featured are over 70 illustrations of newly-discovered art and artifacts owned by the Libertys and many of the tattooers in their orbit, including Detroit's Percy Waters; Portland, Oregon's "Sailor" George Fosdick; Los Angeles' Ben Corday; Honolulu's "Long Tom" and "Sailor" Jerry Collins; and Boston's Fred McKay, James Fraser, Lawrence Davis, Oscar Bouchard, Jack Redcloud, Harvey Chanarkar, and Frank Harrington. Also represented is a host of material from Ted Liberty's time in Baltimore and later Vancouver, Canada and Harold Liberty's time in Salem, New Hampshire.

En ces temps lointains où vivaient en Angleterre des monstres et des géants, un noble chevalier s'était lancé dans une grande aventure. La Reine des Fées l'avait envoyé éprouver sa fougue juvénile contre un ennemi mortel, un dragon hideux et effrayant... L'histoire de saint Georges combattant le dragon est rapportée dans La Légende dorée, écrite par Jacques de Voragine, dominicain du XIIIe siècle. Elle est ici très librement adaptée, avec des accents épiques non dénués d'humour, par Margaret Hodges (1911-2005), bibliothécaire américaine et auteur de plus de 40 livres dont une majorité destinée à la jeunesse. Déjà récompensée pour sa version du Petit Chaperon Rouge parue dans la même collection, Trina Schart Hyman a obtenu la Caldecott Medal 1985 pour cette mise en images qui allie classicisme de la maquette, sens du détail et goût pour le merveilleux. Dans le droit fil de l'heroic fantasy si chère au monde anglo-saxon, elle confirme l'extrême diversité des sources et modes d'expression de l'album pour enfants aux Etats-Unis.

Retells the story of Moses, from his birth and trip in a boat of bulrushes to his bringing of the Ten Commandments down from Mount Sinai.

A boy's obsession with drawing cats everywhere gets him trouble, until the felines reward their creator.

A biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English, witnessed the crowning of King Charles VII, and was later burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.

Noble Gareth defeats a dreaded knight and wins the hand of a fair maiden.

An elegant retelling of a gentle, little-known tale honoring the chivalric virtues of service and sacrifice is all the more beautiful for its understated quality. Beautiful watercolor and colored pencil illustrations were inspired by the 16th-century paintings of Hans Holbein. A visual treat.

On a voyage in the South Seas, an Englishman finds himself shipwrecked in Lilliput, a land of people only six inches high.

When a poor Irish peddler follows the instructions given to him by Saint Patrick in a dream, his life is greatly changed. Includes background on Saint Patrick and on the origin of the story.

An abridged version of the adventures of an eccentric country gentleman and his faithful companion who set out as knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

A young man rejects his wealthy background to lead a life of poverty and good works, always befriending animals.

Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.

Forced by his late arrival in England to stay in separate lodgings from the rest of his school's crew team, 14-year-old Larry Dunlap finds himself becoming increasingly involved with the local people and their ghosts from the past.

Retells the Greek legend that explains why Persephone brings springtime to the earth each year.

Baldur, a young Norse god, is protected from all things except mistletoe.

Charley's choice of Christmas gifts helps him to find the true spirit of the holiday season.