Animals and plants respond to the sun's changing light over the course of a single day.
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Radiant large-scale, exactly detailed paintings light up this often bland poem. Marzollo, the author of the I Spy series, summons the sun to shine down on a host of living things: "Sun, light the woods/ With a soft spring dawn;/ Shine on the spots/ Of a newborn fawn." After the sun awakens a sleeping boy and his puppy, the latter is seen investigating blooming flowers and vegetables from the garden, all nourished by the sun. A new order is issued at sunset ("Sun, be wild./ Sun, be bold./ Paint skies pink/ And purple and gold"), whereupon the sky darkens and the pup and child curl up in bed until "a brand-new dawn" arrives. The gentle rhythm and sing-song quality make this verse a good bedtime book for beginning readers. Regan's (Welcome to the Green House) art features a soothing, pastel-dominated palette-and introduces a downright adorable puppy. In a move likely to intrigue observant readers, none but the cover picture depicts the sun itself. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ages 4^-7. "Sun kiss the faces / Of a child and a pup; / With a gentle touch, tickle, / So they both wake up." In rhyming text, Marzollo describes the earth's movement--its turning toward the sun, then turning away and back again--capturing the daily cycle in the forest, on the farm, and in the life of a young boy and his puppy. Regan's memorable illustrations have an even stronger effect than the words. Accomplished in a vernal palette of soft greens and golds, they convey a sense of a peaceful, ordered world in which the young and the small are taken care of and surrounded by soft hills and sunshine. Mary Harris Veeder
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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My two-year old daughter reached to pet the puppy and smell the flowers in the book every time we read it together.
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