Illustrator: Peter H. ReynoldsFor: Kids
Published: April, 2008
Rating: 5
Read: today
Endpapers: Sunshine yellow
Rhythm and rhyme. Repetition. Inklings of a favorite poem (think William Carlos Williams). Elipses. Clever illustrations. Pretty darn cool book.
Little boy, so much depends on...
your yellow cup
a serenade to wake you up,
sun that slants across the rug,
the wings on that astonishing bug,
and...
your big cardboard box.
The personality of a young boy. Favorite things and life happenings. We all have favorite stories about our kids, stories we've heard about ourselves as kids, stories we hear over and over. Kids have favorite books and favorite foods and favorite objects that may be forgotten as time passes. This book would be a great model for a kid to write his own book! With a little time, effort, creativity, a blank book and some markers or colored pencils - away we go!
Even though there's lots of white/negative space (something I'm not fond of), this book really works. Simple, colored-in line drawings have detail and character. This is a very lovable book.
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