Named as one of the Best Children's Books of the Year by Bank Street College.
Selected as a recommended title by the Kansas State Reading Circle
and the Ohio State Reading Circle
I have always believed that you can do anything you set your mind to do, and this was a great chance to practice it!"- L.R.
Written by:
Jane Yolen
Illustrated by:
LAURA REGAN
$15.95 us - $21.50 can
Ages 4 -8
From
Publisher's Weekly: "In the current freshet of rainforest
books, Yolen's rises to the surface not as a mere tour guide, but a gracious
host to earth's "dark green,/ light green,/emerald green,/ bright
green,/ copper green,/ blue green,/ ever-new green house."
The author's atmosphere-laden free verse, which falls into unexpected,
pleasing rhyme and repetition, correlates with Regan's sumptuous gouache
artwork. While the text focuses on the relentless noise of forest
inhabitants, borderless, painterly illustrations seem to spill off the
pages in their intricate depictions of animals cavorting amidst tropical
flora. The illustrations are just literal enough - allowing youngsters
to match familiar and unknown species with names in the text. Yolen's
language begs for reading
aloud ....a strikingly vibrant package."
(April19,
1993)
Artwork ©
1993 Laura Regan
| You can visit Jane Yolen's website by clicking HERE |