Peter Sis, Back in the Day.

By Mark Kaufman
I don’t normally pay much attention to children’s books except when I buy them for my nieces and nephews, but I do like when the Children’s Books Special Section show up in The New York Times Book Review. I see things I am not readily familiar with which is always a good thing. In this past week’s edition there were a few things that caught my eye, in particular a book by Peter Sis, The Wall, Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain. The illustration style struck my fancy, the subject matter was of interest, so I looked up the author on the internets. Turns out that being a DJ/designer/artist/writer is nothing new. Go to the Times site for the book review, and check out the DJs Portal site for an interview with Mr. Sis about his Cold War DJ days in the Czech Republic. I will definitely check out this book!