Is it a meatball? A basketball? A pearl? As the round hole through the pages of this book grows larger, readers will come closer and closer to guessing the identity of the object that's round like a ball, hot and cold, every color, always moving, and home to us all. With a simple text and glorious collage artwork, Lisa Campbell Ernst offers a gentle tribute to our planet anda timely reminder that we all need to take care of it.
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PreSchool-Grade 2—This engaging, eco-friendly picture book opens with a child-friendly invitation to "play a guessing game." Through a series of short rhyming clues, children will join in as members of a family "unearth" the mysterious round object little by little. Ever-growing cutouts on attractive two-page spreads along with the clear, bold text provide the clues. One at a time, the sister, brother, mom, dad, aunt, uncle, grandparents, and even pets use the clues to make their own best guess. The concentric circles created by this peek-a-boo technique evolve into a beautiful circle of rainbow colors that complements the book's Earth-friendly message. Ernst's distinctive collage and cutout illustrations are painted with bold chunky strokes that will appeal to a young audience. A stunning foldout creates an eye-catching conclusion, making this title a great choice for a group read. Concluding with some simple suggestions for ways to take care of our planet, it is a great starting point for discussion. An engaging and appropriate selection for all libraries.—Piper Nyman, Brookmeade Elementary School, Nashville, TN
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A family responds to a series of clues to discover what is “round like a ball.” The clues are placed in large letters on the left side of a double-page spread, encircling progressively larger cutout circles. The cutout on each successive page offers a glimpse of the next article guessed. When the pages are flipped, a rainbow of cutout circles, large to small, is created on the previous page. After 12 guesses, the pages fold up and out to a four-page spread revealing a beautiful likeness of our planet. The illustrations feature only the characters and items to guess, with the boldly lettered text set against a striking background of brightly mottled colors that fills the entire page. Although the cutouts aren’t as artistic as Laura Vaccaro Seeger’s creations or Ernst’s own in Turn-Around Upside-Down Alphabet Book (2004), the distinctive illustrations, the guessing element, and the showstopping foldout of the Earth will work well for individual or group viewing. Preschool-Grade 2. --Randall Enos
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Wonderful book!,
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Round Like A Ball is one of the best children's books I have seen this year. Lisa Campbell Ernst engagingly weaves an ecological story about the earth with the fun of the progressively larger holes in each page and the riddles of what is round like a ball. An excellent and age appropriate story with a message of preserving our earth. Highly recommend this book!
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This is an amazing book for a younger child. The story is simple, the colors in the book bright, and the illistrations draw your attention.
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GREAT FUN/ ENTERTAINING BOOK FOR 1ST GRADER,
By AVID BOOK BUYER "BAMBI" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Round Like a Ball (Hardcover)
My daughter just loves this book - it is fun to read and the illustrations are very cool for a 1st grader!!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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