Reading this book about Calder's work makes me want to bend a wire clothes hangar into nifty loops and spirals ... just for the fun of it.

Calder's art is BIG TIME fun, on every scale from immense graceful outdoor sculptures to strikingly elegant necklaces and pins. The book shows the variety of his creations...tapestry motifs, silver and brass cutlery, campaign posters. Check out his clever pull toy for a toddler.

Mobiles is probably Calder's most familiar category of work, but his playful menagerie, including a kangaroo, an elephant, a giraffe, a big bird and a flock of origami-size birds is his most endearing.

Photos and narrative, together, convey the wit and warmth of the sculptor. They offer opportunity to meet Calder, his wife, and their circle of friends.

Calder, by fine example, inspires one to lighten up and love it. This book is written permission to do exactly that, be it, high brow, low brow or no-brow.

Favorably reviewed by Murray J. Evans (University of Winnipeg) in _Envoi: A Review Journal of Medieval Literature_ vol. 6 no. 1 (Spring 1997).
This notice was submitted by Envoi.

For anyone wanting to read primary documents of early journey of the English Reformation - this book is it. The book starts with the criticisms of the cleargy and Lollardy. While the impact of Lollardy has been overturned, those like myself find it refreshing to read of its supposed impact. The book continues through the Marian Reaction, yet lacks souces from the Elizabethan or Stuart period. To find the whole history of the Church of England's transition, it is imperative to combine this book with another of the late church and its final transformations. This work, however, gives an excellent background to understanding the Reformation and the Church.