This warm and rhythmic book celebrates the magic shared by a father and son--an excellent family book. "A lovely evocation of a companionable and spiritual relationship at its best."--Kirkus Reviews. Full color.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
This warm, lyrical picture book about the joys of shared moments marks an auspicious debut for author and artist. Lauture's text sways with the same sort of unhurried, contented rhythms reflected in the accompanying vignettes of Gullah life in South Carolina's low country. Father and son work together, walk together, play together and worship together--intimately connected all the while, much as their shadows connect in the sun. The cumulative forcefulness of the spare text--never more than 15 words to a page--is balanced by the thick, broad strokes and strong, unmuddied hues of Green's oils. The scenes pictured include details particular to the African American experience in this locale (sweet-potato huts, a gospel church), some of which are explained in a prefatory note. At the same time, they focus on form and composition rather than individual features or expression, so that they also suggest the overarching universality of the father-son bond. Ages 4-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-- A picture book about an intergenerational male relationship. The text is a free verse poem of 39 lines, some only one word in length, listing activities shared by a black father and son. The lines are held in page-size narrow rectangles of sky and grass colors. Page-filling paintings on the right glow with primary and secondary colors of high brilliance. Brush strokes often reveal the texture of the canvas below. Together, the father and son enjoy a dozen or so activities in common: reading ("the mind of one/ sparking/ the mind of the other"), carrying wood, flying kites, singing in church, gathering fruit. The pictures include scenes from the illustrator's Gullah heritage. They are strong and attractive, although a point of confusion is introduced when Green describes, in a note, the sweet potato huts as cylindrical, and then paints them as cones. Nevertheless, this is a very creditable work to use alongside such titles as Zolotow's A Father Like That (HarperCollins, 1971) in looking at cultural role models. --Ruth Semrau, Lovejoy School, Allen, TX
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
