Drylongso (Hamilton book)
{{Short description|1992 children's book by Virginia Hamilton}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Drylongso
| image = Drylongso (Hamilton book).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = First edition
| author = Virginia Hamilton
| illustrator = Jerry Pinkney
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Children's literature, picture book
| published = 1992 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich)/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
| media_type = Print (hardback)
| pages = 54
| isbn = 9780152242411
| oclc = 24217134
}}
Drylongso is a 1992 children's book by Virginia Hamilton and illustrator Jerry Pinkney. It is about a farming family who is experiencing a drought and takes in a stranger.
Reception
School Library Journal, in a review of Drylongso, noted: "As in many of her other works of fiction, Hamilton combines myth and realism to create a poignant, powerful tale. .. Pinkney's illustrations are exquisite, expressive, and perfectly in tune with the tone and spirit of the text." and concluded "Despite the occasional seams, this is a fine book." Booklist wrote: "In an understated story of drought and hard times and longing for rain, a great writer and a great artist have pared down their rich, exuberant styles to something quieter but no less intense."{{cite web |url=https://www.buffalolib.org/vufind/Record/717844/Reviews#tabnav |title=Drylongso |website=Buffalo and Erie County Public Library |accessdate=January 3, 2017}} and Publishers Weekly called it a "thoroughly captivating story firmly rooted in the folktale tradition."{{cite web |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-15-224241-1 |title=Drylongso |date=September 28, 1991 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=PWxyz LLC|accessdate=January 3, 2017}}
Drylongso has also been reviewed by Kirkus Reviews,{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/virginia-hamilton/drylongso/ |title=Drylongso |quote=Told with elegant simplicity |date=October 1, 1992 |website=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Media LLC |accessdate=January 3, 2017}} The Horn Book Magazine,{{cite journal |date=September 1992 |title=Drylongso |author=N Barr |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9210123263/dryongso |journal=The Horn Book Magazine |publisher=Media Source |volume=68 |issue=5 |page=582 |accessdate=January 3, 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} and the Smithsonian.{{cite journal |date=November 1992 |title=Book Reviews: Drylongso |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/book-reviews/9211092134/book-reviews |journal=Smithsonian |publisher=Smithsonian Institution |volume=23 |issue=8 |page=202 |accessdate=January 3, 2017}}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
References
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
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Category:1992 children's books
Category:American children's novels
Category:American picture books