The Tree in the Wood is a classic folk song, thought to be French in origin. It is a circular rhyme with intertwining themes of growth and change and of the interrelationships between everything in the natural world. Simple, quiet pictures, linked with repeating border designs and decorative elements, complement and extend the timeless themes. Full color.
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Manson's stunning woodcuts lift this familiar cumulative folksong ("And the green grass grew all around, all around, and the green grass grew all around") to fine art status. His rich, subtle, earth-toned palette, reminiscent of turn-of-the-century picture books yet timeless, gives this work a handmade feel, as if each page had been freshly inked. As in his earlier A Farmyard Song (another cumulative rhyme folksong), Manson makes proficient use of borders; here, however, they are more elaborate, with the look of broad, densely-embroidered ribbons embracing both text and the accompanying illustration. The song's message of the endless circle of life and the continuity of all things is as lovely as the elegant artwork. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Christopher Manson is a well-known author/illustrator who undertakes extensive research for his books. For Over the River and Through the Wood he reviewed Currier and Ives prints and Victorian patterns. He currently resides in Rockville, Maryland.
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Beautiful book,
By V.N.G. (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Tree in the Wood: An Old Nursery Song (Paperback)
This book is about the circle of life. It is very beautifully illustrated and written and reads in a sing-song way that's almost hypnotizing. My son loves it.
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AND OUT OF THIS ACORN there grew a fine tree, The finest tree you ever did see, And the tree from the acorn, and the acorn in the earth, and the boy from the babe, and the babe in the arms, and the mother on the bed, and the bed from the feather, and the feather on the bird, and the bird in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the bough, and bough on the tree, and the tree in the wood, and the green grass grew all around, all around, And the green grass grew all around. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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AND OUT OF THIS ACORN there grew a fine tree, The finest tree you ever did see, And the tree from the acorn, and the acorn in the earth, and the boy from the babe, and the babe in the arms, and the mother on the bed, and the bed from the feather, and the feather on the bird, and the bird in the nest, and the nest on the twig, and the twig on the bough, and bough on the tree, and the tree in the wood, and the green grass grew all around, all around, And the green grass grew all around. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bed from the feather New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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