The Turning of the Year
PreSchool-Grade 2?Month by month, this heartwarming poem evokes the joys of each season. Martin's precise use of words is key to the success of the book: "In January, out I go/to welcome winter's icy blow./In February, bound with snow,/I sled the hillside, top to toe." No matter the weather, Shed's softly focused gouache-on-canvas paintings are full of warmth. He blends both contentment and exuberance into each brushstroke, offering up a pleasing portrait of each month. Full-page scenes showing the activities of a boy and a girl are accented with close-up illustrations of familiar seasonal objects?fireflies in June and mittens in December. A delight any time of the year.?Christy Norris Blanchette, Valley Cottage Library, NYCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.