Team Up: John Lennon & Yoko Ono

by Francesca Ferretti de Blonay, Carmen Casado (Illustrator)

Overview

• All kinds of couples, all kinds of relationships, just one focus: a shared talent.
• This series looks at the magic that can happen when two talents meet and work together to do inspiring things, in a more in-depth version of the bestselling series Little People Big Dreams.
• A beautiful and powerful message of kinship, friendship and togetherness to inspire the whole family.
• The perfect introductory biography picture book series for young readers.
• Written by Francesca Ferretti de Blonay, a Swiss historian who specializes in teaching history to children, and illustrated by different artists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914519741
Publisher:	Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Publication date:	09/12/2023
Pages:	44
Sales rank:	665,127
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 10.30(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Francesca Ferretti de Blonay is a Swiss historian who specialises in teaching history to children.

Carmen Casado is an illustrator.

Editorial Reviews

2023-02-25
An introduction to the life and times of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

This large-format book ­­­­­bursting with color harkens back to the psychedelic 1960s using an understated yet vibrant palette and a style resembling linoleum printing. Each spread features a collage of images that reflect information presented in small blocks of exclamation mark–laden text under simple headings. The book is organized into spreads, with introductory topics including “England” and “Themes,” then overviews of Ono’s and Lennon’s lives and creative work, followed by the story of their relationship. With few blocks of text on each spread, the ideas presented are highly curated and vaguely broad, creating questions in readers’ minds about what was left out. For example, “John was tormented by fears about his romantic fusion with Yoko, and he began to make all sorts of mistakes, putting his marriage at risk.” There are also holes in the historical presentation, and what is included feels too complimentary to be completely objective (regarding the lyric, “all you need is love,” the author writes, “It sounded great, and what’s more, it was true!”) The main narrative is followed by famous quotes from both subjects, descriptions of one creative work apiece, thumbnail portraits of artistic contemporaries and friends (all male save Cynthia Powell, John’s first wife), a glossary, and a timeline. There is no bibliography or source notes.

Enthusiastic but perplexing. (Nonfiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews