An intriguing view of the changing seasons in a busy city follows the seasonal changes in everything from the trees to the traffic to the items being sold at a grocery store.
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From Publishers Weekly
Henderson (The Little Boat) and Howard (Rosie's Fishing Trip) team up to show the "turning" of the year in a bustling metropolis. Each passing month is glowingly profiled with evocative descriptions of seasonal sights, tastes, smells and activities: "April's bursting./ The supermarket's packed/ with chocolate eggs/ and fluffy chicks/ and food for Passover/ and lines." Lively as the language is, much of the book's charm springs from the art-crayony vignettes that flower amid the text and, facing the text, full-page scenes of cityscapes and city-dwellers. Howard mixes together traditional and novel subjects (e.g., trick-or-treaters on a windy sidewalk; a New Year's parade in Chinatown; men sawing branches off enormous trees at the end of the winter), also imaginatively varying his perspectives. A slightly muted palette and softened lines temper the busy quality of the compositions, giving them a gentle, almost classic feel. He and Henderson zestfully mesh an appreciation for both crowded city life and the changing natural world. Ages 6-10.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 4. Twelve poems, one for each month, present images of life in the city over the course of a year. Short sentences, sensory images, and active verbs will appeal even to preschoolers ("February clatters./Tin cans rattle./A bitter wind lashes at the/trash in the gutter"). Some of the details Henderson chooses are expected (the poem for May, for instance, is set in a green and flowery park), while others are fresher (in March, "...even the buses at the station/take their turn/in the giant rollers/of the big bus wash"). The setting is a contemporary urban environment, lively, colorful, and realistic. For example, December's poem mentions a homeless woman sleeping on the ground. The poems are good but the pictures add immensely to the overall effect. Howard's watercolor-and-crayon illustrations, done in soft, clear shades, often use the kind of unusual perspectives that bring the scenes to life. His work shows a multitude of characters, each of whom has a distinct individual personality. All in all, a celebration of life and an invitation for readers to really see the world around them, a message that can't be heard too often in this video age.?Lauralyn Persson, Wilmette Public Library, IL
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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