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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K. The creators of Like Butter on Pancakes (Viking, 1995) join forces again, this time in a paean to a puddle-filled day. Karas's paint-and-pastel illustrations use earthbound perspectives and the yellow-green tones of early spring to evoke the morning after a storm. Two children romp through this watery world in visual compositions that are strong and satisfying. Unfortunately, London's verse, particularly his onomatopoeic phrases ("drip drip drip," "splash, splash, splash!"), lacks the auditory panache of Kimberley Knutson's Muddigush (Macmillan, 1992), Mary Serfozo's Rain Talk (McElderry, 1990), Taro Yashima's Umbrella (Viking, 1958), or even Like Butter on Pancakes. Images such as "worms squirm/and stretch and leave tiny trails/in the muck like sloppy writing?/they're learning the ABCs/of weather" and "Birds flap/from the trees/and we think the trees/are applauding!" may not mean much to very young audiences. Still, London catalogues a glorious array of the delights of muddy weather, and Karas adds the zing.?Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY
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Ages 4^-6. London and Karas get it just right here--the magic and physical delight of wading in mud and puddle jumping after a rainstorm. In London's simple, poetic text, a brother and sister "cuddle / between fright / and glee" as they listen to a thunderstorm at night but rush outside the next day to a "sky wiped clean / of the last cloud." Karas translates the children's joyful exploration of the storm's legacy--frogs and worms to watch, mud that sucks at their boots, and puddles in all shapes and sizes--into a series of jubilant double-page paintings that cleverly play with perspective to make every picture a happy surprise. The wonderful picture of chocolate brown mud is truly glorious. A great rainy-day book that will be read and read again, with illustrations perfectly sized for both small-group and lap sharing. Stephanie Zvirin
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PreSchool-K. The creators of Like Butter on Pancakes (Viking, 1995) join forces again, this time in a paean to a puddle-filled day. Karas's paint-and-pastel illustrations use earthbound perspectives and the yellow-green tones of early spring to evoke the morning after a storm. Two children romp through this watery world in visual compositions that are strong and satisfying. Unfortunately, London's verse, particularly his onomatopoeic phrases ("drip drip drip," "splash, splash, splash!"), lacks the auditory panache of Kimberley Knutson's Muddigush (Macmillan, 1992), Mary Serfozo's Rain Talk (McElderry, 1990), Taro Yashima's Umbrella (Viking, 1958), or even Like Butter on Pancakes. Images such as "worms squirm/and stretch and leave tiny trails/in the muck like sloppy writing?/they're learning the ABCs/of weather" and "Birds flap/from the trees/and we think the trees/are applauding!" may not mean much to very young audiences. Still, London catalogues a glorious array of the delights of muddy weather, and Karas adds the zing.?Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, NY
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 4^-6. London and Karas get it just right here--the magic and physical delight of wading in mud and puddle jumping after a rainstorm. In London's simple, poetic text, a brother and sister "cuddle / between fright / and glee" as they listen to a thunderstorm at night but rush outside the next day to a "sky wiped clean / of the last cloud." Karas translates the children's joyful exploration of the storm's legacy--frogs and worms to watch, mud that sucks at their boots, and puddles in all shapes and sizes--into a series of jubilant double-page paintings that cleverly play with perspective to make every picture a happy surprise. The wonderful picture of chocolate brown mud is truly glorious. A great rainy-day book that will be read and read again, with illustrations perfectly sized for both small-group and lap sharing. Stephanie Zvirin
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