What Is Punk? [Hardcover]

A punk primer for the youngest set....Yi's incredibly detailed clay figures are a kinetic and inspired art choice. Their crazy creativity matches the expressive spirit of punk....As [Morse] points out, the best way to learn about punk it just to listen....If invested adults love the topic, a shared reading experience can't be beat.
--Kirkus Reviews

Clay artist Yi molds...fantastically detailed Plasticine figures to create scenes of the birth of punk. Using a benign craft-project material for the skinny bodies and ragged clothing of Joey Ramone, Sid Vicious, and their rowdy, fist-waving audiences is very much in the spirit of punk (Plasticine is especially good for mohawks), and readers will spend long stretches inspecting her painstakingly modeled guitars, amplifiers, and safety pins.
--Publishers Weekly

Why It's Wild: A history of punk music for kids illustrated in Gumby-esque claymation (minus the –mation).
--School Library Journal, 100 Scope Notes's Wildest Children's Books of 2015

What is Punk?is fun, sophisticated and beautifully illustrated introduction to the music genre for kids--or adults.
--New York Daily News

ReadingWhat is Punk?to [my kids] made me feel as if I was passing on something truly significant. Morse and Yi have created a comprehensive and articulate...documentary about the roots of punk rock.
--The Globe and Mail

An essential way to pass down to your son or daughter the lesson that pop culture can be political.
--The Globe and Mail, 100 Best Books of 2015

A cool book of punk history for kids by Eric Morse, with great clay illustrations by Anny Yi.
--Slate, Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast

Eric Morse's bookWhat Is Punk?explains the envelope-pushing genre to the younger set, and perhaps some adults, as welll£Ý