Nothing looks, sounds, or smells like a good, old-fashioned country fair--and this one is no exception. There are tall canvas tents and a whirling Ferris wheel, as well as pigs, cows, horses and rabbits galore. The air is alive with the mouth-watering smells of cooking food, and happy fairgoers are having a ball. Young readers will, too, with this delightful look at a favorite pastime. Full color.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-3?While Marissa Moss's Amelia's Notebook (Tricycle, 1995) was enhanced by creative hand lettering, this book is limited by it. Sentences written in patterns that require readers to rotate the book make it an impossible read-aloud. The text is too sparse to be of any lasting interest to accomplished readers, while novices will be frustrated by trying to read circles and squares. Watercolor line drawings, devoid of facial expressions, ineffectively illustrate the limited content. This book says nothing about fairs that wasn't said and illustrated better by Gail Gibbons in Country Fair (Little, Brown, 1994) or by Ted Lewin in Fair! (Lothrop, 1997).?Jackie Hechtkopf, Talent House School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Cooper's first children's book creates a quirky, engaging look at the sights, sounds, and scents of a country fair. Whimsical watercolors are all color and squiggle--sometimes Cooper even labels the scenery (as in the first spread, where the words ``blue hill'' appear on same). The crisp, hand-lettered text invites interactive read-alouds; some of it forms squares around the object of discussion, or circles around like a curlicued pig's tail, or zigs like the flight of a yellow jacket. The language is funny and clever: Just-sheared sheep are ``clean and pink and naked, as if they've just stepped out of the shower and can't find their towels.'' Pies are judged, corn is shucked, a blue ribbon gets eaten by the winning cow, and then everything gets cleaned up; the field is empty again. For city children, for country children--fun. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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Elisha Cooper is the award-winning author of "Beach," which won the 2006 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. Other picture books include "A Good Night Walk," "Magic Thinks Big," and "Dance!," a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. His adult books include the memoir "Crawling: A Father's First Year." Elisha Cooper lives with his family in New York City.
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wonderful,
By Nancy Domingue (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Country Fair (Hardcover)
Cooper does a wonderful job describing how a county fair operates. It brought back such memores for me that i will enjoy reading this over and over agian to my son who is an urbanite that hasn't gotten the chance to smell & hear a county fair for himself yet. The illustrations are priceless! i hope elisha cooper writes more children books! i'll buy them all!
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