A Place to Bloom [Hardcover]

Lorianne Siomades (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

Colorful pictures and rhyming text explain that not everyone or everything sees the world around them in the same way.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS. This bright and bouncy story in verse hops from one thought to another just as quickly as preschoolers do. Each subject introduced, however, is woven to the next in a "one person's trash is another person's treasure" comparison. Therefore, "The peas I hate upon my plate/are someone's favorite treat." In addition to food preferences, topics from the natural world such as a stream, tree, grass, and sky are considered. Siomades's vividly colored artwork, done in cut paper, watercolor, and gouache much in the style of Eric Carle, is essential to the understanding of the text as it depicts the plants and animals simply referred to as "someone" or "something." The humorous creatures busily interpret the words and images in an entertaining manner. Useful for early poetry study or read-aloud fun.?Marsha McGrath, Clearwater Public Library, FL
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Kirkus Reviews

A colorful, visually appealing story-in-rhyme with an ambiguous focus: Is it about sharing the planet with other species (``The stream I like to visit/is someone's place to drink''), seeing the same thing from different perspectives (``The feather that is light for me/others cannot lift''), or recycling (``The teddy bear that showed much wear/that no one thought to mend/was thrown away the very same day/he became my very best friend!'')? Siomades's wonderfully engaging mixed-media illustrations are indebted to Eric Carle, but her writing doesn't measure up to the same high standard, e.g., there's a grammatical lapse in ``the grass I love to lay in,'' awkward meter, and forced rhyme--``The scary snake on the garden path/who doesn't look friendly. . . /is someone else's mother/who is more afraid of me!'' (Picture book. 3- 6) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Boyds Mills Press; 1st edition (December 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563976560
• ISBN-13: 978-1563976568
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kids love it!, November 23, 1999

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Andrea Hutton (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Place to Bloom (Hardcover)

My children adore this book. It's written in verse and they know it by heart. It teaches them about how other people can view things differently. What is one thing to one person, is completely different to another. There is meaning in alot of things we take for granted.