Market! [Hardcover]

Ted Lewin (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 29, 1996 | Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Lewin takes readers on a whirlwind trip around the globe to marvel at the range of goods available for sale in the world's markets. Woolen sweaters and ponchos in Ecuador; wood carvings, flutes, garlic and ginger in Nepal; Irish horses; Ugandan cows, bananas, and limes; fish in New York City; and dates, pottery, and donkeys in Morocco are just a few of the products depicted in the luminous watercolor paintings.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

famous marketplaces takes an everyday experience as an occasion to explore ethnic diversity. In Uganda, barefoot people walk to market "through the rain forest beneath the Mountains of the Moon," while at New York's Fulton Fish Market, "hard men in rubber boots... yell and argue in the artificial day of fluorescent lights." The vigor of a Moroccan market is rivaled only by the "kicking, biting, and screaming" in the donkey parking lot. Lewin (Peppe the Lamplighter) photographs his subjects before painting them in the studio, and his watercolors reflect the camera's stop-action immediacy. His dynamic, densely populated compositions make expert use of perspective to yank readers into the scene-sometimes with the unsettling, intriguing feeling that they have caught someone's eye. At the end of the whirlwind bustle, the adventure turns reflective with the final illustration, which depicts the vast, lonely, utterly still Sahara stretching behind the market in Morocco "like a giant tidal wave that on a whim might bury the oasis, the town, and the market forever." What a way to travel. Ages 5-up.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1?Lewin takes readers on a whirlwind trip around the globe to marvel at the range of goods available for sale in the world's markets. Woolen sweaters and ponchos in Ecuador; wood carvings, flutes, garlic, and ginger in Nepal; Irish horses; Ugandan cows, bananas, and limes; fish in New York City; and dates, pottery, and donkeys in Morocco are just a few of the products depicted in the luminous watercolor paintings. In many pictures, the artist captures people on the move and at work. They filet fish, load boxes, haggle over prices, or create tempting displays of their wares. On other pages, vendors address viewers directly with inviting looks or a tired resignation that comes from hours of sitting in a hot stall. The uniqueness of each setting is vividly conveyed, whether it is a dusty roadside, a busy city street, or the horses on the long stone steps of a church in Ireland. The brightly colored clothing worn by the people in Ecuador contrasts with the light desert attire found in Morocco. Children will discover that buying and selling in a marketplace is not like a typical trip to the grocery store. The book is enjoyable and informative on its own, but it's also an appealing introduction to studying the countries included.?Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 48 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (April 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688121616
• ISBN-13: 978-0688121617
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 9.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,689,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ted Lewin's Market is a masterpiece! The illustraitions draw the reader in and pique the reader's interest...this book makes you want to travel with Mr. Lewin and be a part of the adventure.

The illustraitions are bright and vivid. As a third grade teacher I utilize this book and many of his other titles in social studies lessons. The children gravitate to this book because it captures their interest:they learn that although we may have our differences, we also have much in common, too.