"The open-ended quality of the verse and the visual nature ofthe subject create plenty of opportunities for the art. Thestriking scratchboard illustrations use black lines, shapes, andcrosshatched shading on white backgrounds to create strongcompositions, while watercolor washes add subtle warmth andbrilliance. . .There are, of course, many school uses for this, butjust reading it aloud at home will make the everydayfascinating."--"Booklist, "starred review "The observations, from a few words to a couple sentences, aretucked neatly into Krommes's gorgeous scratchboardspreads."--"School Library Journal", starred review "Exquisitely simple and memorable."--"Kirkus", starredreview "From the endpapers that gather together all the spirals depictedto the spiraling text on the title page verso, this book iselegantly constructed, and as poetry, picture book, or nonfiction,a success in every way."--T"he Horn Book, "starred review "This is one of those rare children's books that make you
What The Ladybird Heard "Oink!" said the cats . . . With all the MOOing and HISSingand BAAAing and CLUCKing, the farmyard is full of noise. But whenHefty Hugh and Lanky Len hatch a plot to steal the fine prize cow,it's the quietest animal of all who saves the day! The Princess and the Wizard "The princess may try seven times to escape By changing her colour and changing her shape." But each time Princess Eliza changes – into a blue fish, a yellowchick, a red fox or a black cat – the wicked wizard finds her andsets her another horrible task. Will this plucky princess be ableto outwit him and escape back to the palace in time to cut herbirthday cake? Sharing a Shell The tiny hermit crab loves his new shell. He doesn't want toshare it -- not with a blobby purple anenome and a ticklybristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crabthinks, and soon he finds he needs his new housemates in thisrollicking story of sea, shells and friendship
