productions of their photographic works are excellent, with crisp resolution on glossy white paper.
Welch, Catherine A. Margaret Bourke-White. Illus. by Jennifer Hagerman. 1997. 64p. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $22.60 (0-87614-890-9).
Gr. 2–4. This is a good introduction to Bourke-White’s successful career as she exposed human tragedy to the world. Colored chalk drawings are substituted for reproductions of her photographs.
Welch, Catherine A. Margaret Bourke-White: Racing with a Dream. 1998. 112p. Lerner/Carolrhoda, $25.26 (1-57505-049-8).
Gr. 4–7. This biography details how Bourke-White made transitions from industrial photography to advertising to photo-essays. A clear and attractive design, plus small photo reproductions, marks this book in the Trailblazers series.
Wolf, Sylvia. FOCUS: Five Women Photographers. 1994. 64p. Whitman, o.p.
Gr. 5–7. Though out of print, this collective biography is an outstanding reference. The photographers whose lives and works it includes are Julia Margaret Cameron, Margaret Bourke-White, Flor Garduno, Sandy Skoglund, and Lorna Simpson.
Wooten, Sara McIntosh. Margaret Bourke-White: Daring Photographer. 2002. 128p. Enslow, $20.95 (0-7660-1534-3).
Gr. 4–6. This accessible volume from the People to Know series follows Bourke-White’s professional and personal life.
Ewald, Wendy. The Best Part of Me: Children Talk about Their Bodies in Pictures and Words. 2001. 32p. Little, Brown, $16.95 (0-316-70306-0).
Gr. 1–3. Wendy Ewald asked children a compelling question: What is the best part of you? An outgrowth of the Literacy through Photography program Ewald originated at Duke University, this is an example of how photography and writing can be combined to encourage kids, particularly girls, to think more positively about their own bodies.
Grossman, Mendel, and Frank Dabba Smith. My Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz Ghetto. 2000. 32p. Harcourt/Gulliver, $16 (0-15-202306-2).
Gr. 4–8. Black-and-white images tell the story of loving, vivacious people who were reduced to subsistence living conditions in the Lodz ghetto in 1940s Poland. The text, by Smith, is minimal; Grossman’s photos—evocative and sad but not traumatic—say it all.
Haslam, Andrew. Photography. 2000. 48p. Two-Can, $12.95 (1-58728-372-7); paper, $6.95 (1-58728-358-1).
Gr. 4–6. Haslam’s book covers 18 topics related to photography, with hands-on projects for each. Glossy, brightly colored photographs and clear, concise steps mark the text, which is accompanied by a glossary of boldfaced terms, in this title from the Make It Work! Science series.
Hubbard, Jim. Shooting Back from the Reservation: A Photographic View of Life from Native American Youth. 1994. 112p. New Press, paper, $17 (1-56584-206-5).
Gr. 5–8. Shooting Back, an organization founded by Jim Hubbard in 1989, is dedicated to empowering America’s disenfranchised children by teaching them photography techniques. An earlier photo-essay by Hubbard, Shooting Back: A Photographic View of Life by Homeless Children (Chronicle, 1991), was based on the lives of homeless children in Washington, D.C. This book is a collection of black-and-white photos, essays, and poems by Native American children and teens in the Midwest and Southwest.
Johnson, Neil. National Geographic Photography Guide for Kids. 2001. 80p. National Geographic, paper, $12.95 (0-7922-6370-7).
Gr. 4–6. Superb, glossy color photos accompany such topics as composing a photograph and digital photography. The section on Judi Cobb, who was one of the first photojournalists allowed to photograph women in Saudi Arabia, is a jewel.
Oxlade, Chris. Cameras. 2000. 64p. Southwater, paper, $6.95 (1-84215-118-5).
Gr. 4–6. Large, glossy color photographs illustrate this compendium of photography how-tos, experiments, and projects. Ideas for developing film, making a pinhole camera, and photography tricks are some of the activities featured.
Sandler, Martin W. Photography: An Illustrated History. 2002. 160p. Oxford, $29.95 (0-19-512608-4).
Gr. 6–up. Sandler presents the history of photography, from the daguerreotypes of the mid-1800s to acceptanc