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Like Butter on Pancakes (Viking Kestrel picture books)

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This book is really like an illustrated poem. It is so gentle and warm likes its title. It's about the sun rising and setting on an ordinary day in the country and of a small boy, his parents and the animals that live on the farm. "The sun ticks, The birds talk" are refraining lines throughout this story-poem.
Rhyme and rhythm carry the story and the accompanying illustrations are so beautiful and whimsical at once. Both parents and teachers of younger students will enjoy this, even teachers of poetry and creative writing or art teachers would appreciate the beauty of this wonderfully created book.
A MUST for your home or classroom library!

This book is a joy to read aloud to my 3 1/2 year son. We checked it out of the library so many times that we ultimately purchased a copy. While the pictures are amazing, the gentle story and the carefully chosen words are what makes this book stand out. While Jonathan London's books may be rather inconsistent, this one is a winner!

my almost ten year old son and i read this book over and over..i still remember the phrases "momma's slippers whisper, daddy's bacon sizzles" and "sunlight melts like butter on pancakes" a wonderful book that you can easily picture in your mind...we love this book! also, "talk talk my crayons talk" yak yak yackity clack clack clackity!

Wonderful book, uttering the joy of waking to the sounds of Mom and Dad in the kitchen. Very pretty illustrations.

London captures the imagery of sunlight and moonlight as a child's day unfolds and awakens his senses to the world around him. One can almost hear the duet of the whistle of the teakettle and the sizzle of frying bacon as slippers "whisper" across the kitchen floor. This book begs to be read aloud, again and again. It is sheer poetry.