Reviews for The Secret World of Walter Anderson

The average rating for The Secret World of Walter Anderson based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-05-28 00:00:00 Peter Hambling On Saturday, May 28, 2016, Lana and I went to the Walter Anderson museum in Ocean Springs, Louisiana. We'd seen a special on this artist and wanted a closer look. I'll admit that I wasn't overly impressed with his art when I'd seen it in the documentary, and even when I got a first look at it. But as I studied it I began to see a lot more in his work, and some amazing brush lines and the insertion of hidden animals in everything. I was curious about the guy and in their gift shop after I bought this book. It's a children's biography of him, wonderfully illustrated, and it gave some of the quick highlights of his life. Even more valuable to me, however, was the "Author's Note," which is essentially an "adult" biography of Anderson and fills in lots of missing details that I was curious about. If you happen to be in Ocean Springs, visit this place. This book was a nice little work to help me get a feel for this talented, but as is sometimes the case, tortured artist.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-02-26 00:00:00 jeffrey racine This is a wonderful narrative biography about the life of the american painter Walter Anderson. The text is most suitable for 3rd or 4th grade. I think this would be a great text to use to teach strategies for reading biographies like the herringbone strategy we talked about in class. I also think it would be a great text to use when introducing biographies in general. Most biographies get a bad rap because most students immediately think of super long, wordy texts. You learn so much about Walter Anderson's life in a extremely beautiful picture book. This was a wow book for me solely because of the illustrations. While the illustrations depict a new orleans coastline, the beaches and marshes shown reminded me of a beach that was 15 minutes from where I grew up. It was wonderful read and made me just the teensiest bit homesick, but I very much so enjoyed it!