A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It [Paperback]

Kathy Stinson (Author), Deirdre Betteridge (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 2 and up

"What's-in-it" fun for the very young.

Celebrated children's writer Kathy Stinson explores "what's-in-what" concepts for young children. With a chorus of questions that encourage interaction, children will delight in playing with the language of spatial relationships, from a pocket holding a treasure to a spoon with a face reflected in it.

For one young girl, a day on the farm is full of familiar sights that lead to the unexpected. The barn has a horse in it... just like a house can have a "me" in it. A sock can't have a head in it, but it can have a toe in it. A pond can even have a splash in it. Best of all, when Mommy comes home, she has a blanket that has a wiggle in it -- a brand new baby.

Joining charming pictures and a satisfying story with language-learning ideas, A Pocket Can Have a Treasure in It will hold the attention of parents and children alike.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K—Some things can be inside other things. This book opens, "A barn can have…a horse in it. And a house can have a 'me' in it." And on it goes, as a yellow-haired child in a lavender smock romps through her day. "A car can have a grandma in it." When Grandma arrives, she continues the game, and every now and then a silly combination comes up. "Can a tree have a cow in it?" Meanwhile, Dad drives away. And the game continues. He returns with Mom and a "wiggle" in a blanket—the family has a new baby. And still the wordplay goes on until bedtime when there's a story with a barn in it and inside the barn there is, once again, a horse. The exuberant pastel illustrations, with a mix of indoor and outdoor scenes and plenty of white space, are outlined in thin black lines. This is a charming concept book that also serves as a story for young children experiencing a new sibling.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI
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Review

The conclusion is clear: your shelves should have this book on it! (Julie Faulkner, ForeWord )

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Annick Press (March 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1554511259
• ISBN-13: 978-1554511259
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,015,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

The clue that Kathy Stinson has enjoyed a lifelong love of reading is in the wide range of books she has written. "What you read," she says, "influences what you write. And so does the day to day life that you live."

That's why Kathy's characters ride bikes along dirt paths, fall in love in summer, argue and have cozy chats with parents and friends, sometimes have trouble sleeping, and walk on beaches and city streets.

Kathy says, "It's also fun, as a writer, to imagine yourself into situations unlike your own." That's what she did when she wrote about Marie-Claire living through a smallpox epidemic in Montreal in 1885, and Mr. Elliot deciding as a grandfather that it's time he learned to read.

Kathy sorted mail, waited tables, and taught school before finally figuring out what she really wanted to do was write - everything from picture books to young adult novels, from biography to historical fiction. Readers never know what kind of book to expect from her next!

Kathy has served as Writer-in-Residence for several library systems in southern Ontario and has led writing workshops all across Canada.

Kathy is the mother of two grown children, who inspired some of her earliest books. She also has two grown stepdaughters and five grandchildren. If she's out buying them a present, chances are it's in a bookstore she'll be shopping. Of course!