Every Season [Hardcover]

Anne Love Woodhull (Author), Shelley Rotner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2007 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Is Spring your favorite, when salamanders crawl out from under messy rocks? Is it Winter, when buds are waiting, covered in white? The narrator of this aural and visual treat takes readers on a stunning, cyclical journey through all four seasons. With an eloquent text and spectacular photos, this is a book that will not only inform, but enchant.

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Beautiful color photographs illustrate this picture-book celebration of the seasons. "I love spring," the text begins, and in simple, poetic phrases, a speaker describes the unique pleasures of the season. In spring "Speckled eggs fill woven nests. / Showers soak. Seeds sprout. Flowers bloom." The accompanying photos show close-ups of eggs and flowers, rows of newly spouted plants, and a smiling child beneath an umbrella. In the following spreads, the speaker moves through summer, fall, and winter and points out each seasons' special wonders, all illustrated with eye-catching images. The concept is certainly familiar, if not shopworn. What distinguishes this is the quality and selection of the photos and the lovely spare words, which repeat sounds and lines with an easy, circular rhythm that echoes the cycle of seasons and encourages child participation. Pair this with Maurice Sendak's classic Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months (1962). Gillian Engberg
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About the Author

Shelley Rotner is the co-author and photographer of more than 30 children's books, and her topics have ranged from grandparents, to parents, to food, to feelings. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

 

Anne Love Woodhull is an early childhood educator and author of This is What We Have. She also lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press; First Edition edition (March 29, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596431369
• ISBN-13: 978-1596431362
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 10.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,073,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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