Swing High, Swing Low
PreSchool-Grade 1–A quiet, lyrical text follows a family through a series of daily activities. With a sentence or two per spread, the children go "Up the ladder, down the stairs," etc., until, at night, "The moon is awake, but the house is asleep." The artistic ink-and-watercolor pictures do not provide clear examples of the concepts; often they are confusing. Not all of the pairs are illustrated, so it's sometimes unclear which opposite is depicted. The text placement further muddles the presentation. Children may enjoy the familiarity of the story, but they're unlikely to learn much from it.–Melinda Piehler, Sawgrass Elementary School, Sunrise, FLCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.