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A Day at the Market [Board book]

Sara Anderson (Author)
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From the early morning fruit vendors hawking their wares to a quiet morning spent savoring a cup of hot chocolate, from the glistening, silvery salmon announced by a fishmonger's bellow to the silent hallsas they're hosed down one last time by the night workers, the full experience of a farmer's market is reflected in Sara Anderson's signature cut-paper style and pitch-perfect voice.

Set in the halls of Seattle's fabled Pike Place Market, a place Sara Anderson has shopped and loved for almost a quarter of a century, the book vividly recreates the cacophony, variety, joy, and life that can be found in every market across the land.


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PreSchool-Grade 2 In this oversize board book, Anderson takes readers on an exquisite visual tour through Pike Place Market in Seattle. As the stalls open early in the morning, shoppers pick their way past the fruits, stop by the coffee shop, file through the seafood section, and move on to the flowers. The colorful collages are vibrant, energetic, full of interesting details, and set to a syncopated, rhyming text. Anderson uses die-cut pages to move the story forward and give youngsters a hint of images to come. This book follows the same format as Noisy City Day and Noisy City Night (both Handprint, 2005), yet the rhymes are significantly longer and more descriptive of the market experience. A lively and lovely offering that children will find exhilarating. Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FL
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Compositionally, the look [of A Day at the Market] resembles Jacob Lawrence's genre pieces, while the color scheme recalls Matisse, but Anderson renders her Market so assiduously that each lovely page jumps out at you like a portrait of the beloved familiar. --Roger Downey, Seattle Weekly --This text refers to an alternate Board book edition.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  • Board book: 12 pages
  • Publisher: Handprint Books (March 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 159354149X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593541491
  • Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Tribute to a Beautiful Place, October 17, 2010
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Bought 2 copies: 1 for my toddler nephew and one as a souvenir for myself. A beautiful book that pays tribute to one of my favourite places in the world. Quirky in parts, just like Seattle and its people. For those of us who have lived in this place, and called it our local, its attention to detail, and the inclusion of so many actual parts of the market is the best thing about it. Recommend for child and adult alike, a more worthy souvenir then some tacky magnet of the space needle
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great oversized board book, September 14, 2011
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My sister lives in Seattle and my family lives in the Midwest. We bought this book so we could read it to our 15mo old and be able to talk about her aunt more. It is a colorful, busy, fun book with great illustrations and obviously extensive personal knowledge of Pike's Place. Very happy with this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Most wonderful book, November 23, 2007
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We received this book as a gift, and I am purchasing it on Amazon as a gift for another friend. It is one of the most beautiful books I have seen - both visually and literally. The illustrations are stunning - vibrant colors, slightly abstract nature, she even shows all races and ages when painting people - lovely! The rhyming text is wonderful - not your run-of-the-mill children's rhymes, but more like poetry...."empty crates, stack 'em around, button mushrooms on the ground...". She also gives an excellent story depicting the real life of an active farmer's market, and obviously has personal knowledge of Pike's Place Market, using some of the vendor's real names. I highly recommend this book for any age child - I am reading it to my 16 month old daughter and she loves it!
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