Over In The Meadow [Paperback]

Ezra Jack Keats (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1995 | Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An old nursery poem introduces animals, their young and the numbers one through ten.

--This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (January 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 059044848X
• ISBN-13: 978-0590448482
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #482,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #20 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( K ) > Keats, Ezra Jack

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent rendition!, April 24, 2000

By 

Ruhama Kordatzky "librariane" (Burlington, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over in the Meadow (Picture Books) (Hardcover)

From the award winner Ezra Jack Keats comes another masterpiece of a picture book. Based on the original by Olive Wadsworth, Keats's animals come alive on the page as the babies perform their mothers' commands. Keats uses bright colors and simple lines to make this a good book for sharing with a large group or single child.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Old Favorite, Well Done, May 24, 2005

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Pam Tee "Busy Mom" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Over in the Meadow (Picture Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

There are many, many different illustrations of these verses, but Mr. Keats has certainly done an excellent job of making his book distinctive.

Whereas most of the other books have pastel, baby-style, cartoonish drawings, this book is done in a 'more mature' style, using watercolors in a darker palette. [I would direct you to the Amazon "Search Inside this book" feature but ironically it doesn't seem to be working. Instead take a look at the turtle on the back cover to get an idea.]

Five Stars. A classic rhyme with distinctive artwork. This is a book for preschoolers and kindergarteners, etc. that well may be weary of babish artwork.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Provides for an Interactive Story Time, October 23, 2006

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AMGrumm (Suburbia, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Over in the Meadow (Picture Books) (Mass Market Paperback)

This is my most favorite rendition (Ezra Jack Keats, Illustrator). I believe different versions of this picture book use different verses from the original poem by Olive Wadsworth since they include different creatures. I've been using this particular version for years.

This story (regardless the rendition) provides for interactive story telling as kids like to guess what number comes next before you turn the page. If it doesn't come natural to them, simply prompt them.

I began sharing this story with a Scholastic edition which had a read-along cassette with a musical re-telling (I highly recommend it). Now, I sing this text and the kids provide the turn the page signals (I prompt them to hum the tune that was used on that Scholastic cassette, now CD).

A counting story, a story in rhyme. Playful.