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WHERE DO YOU LOOK? a concept book & also a book for beginning readers
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From: Ginny Moore Kruse <gmkruse_at_wisc.edu>
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:32:38 -0500
I was in Stratford, Ont., for the Festival a week ago. W hile I was there I saw Marthe Nell J ocelyn's marvelous new book WHERE DO YOU LOOK? ( Tundra, 2013). Here's how Tundra describes it:
" Where do you look for glasses? On a shelf? Or on a face? In this playful exploration of homonyms, readers will discover the fun they can have with language. Is a wave at a beach? Or at a train station? Is a trunk in a garden? Or on an elephant? Kids will love the juxtaposition of words and meanings, and the detailed collage illustrations will have them coming back again and again. The mother and daughter team of Marthe and Nell Jocelyn know where to look for a story: Not in a skyscraper, but in the dictionary!"
And here are excerpts from a couple of reviews :
"This delightful concept book brings visual literacy to the forefront, supported by a minimal text.... The simple descriptive verses ... are spot-on to reinforce images of numeracy, sorting, paring, common-object recognition, and the daily lives of young children.... The charming collages are the stars of the show and will inspire curiosity" - Starred Review, School Library Journal
"... Jocelyn's imaginative collages help create a book rich in playful details, with a storyline told through pictures that provide depth to the concepts explored in the text.... Sophisticated and yet endearingly simple, Ones and Twos can be enjoyed by both very young children and the adults who read it with them." - Starred Review, Quill Quire
Long-time Friend of the CCBC and Educator Margaret Jensen was also in Stratford a week ago. She examined the book WHERE DO YOU LOOK?, too. Here's a comment from Margaret whose reliable book recommendations have long been heeded by teachers & librarians: "It's also a perfect book for beginning readers! " See the CCBC website for more of Margaret's recommendations:
Peace, Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
Received on Wed 28 Aug 2013 12:32:38 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:32:38 -0500
I was in Stratford, Ont., for the Festival a week ago. W hile I was there I saw Marthe Nell J ocelyn's marvelous new book WHERE DO YOU LOOK? ( Tundra, 2013). Here's how Tundra describes it:
" Where do you look for glasses? On a shelf? Or on a face? In this playful exploration of homonyms, readers will discover the fun they can have with language. Is a wave at a beach? Or at a train station? Is a trunk in a garden? Or on an elephant? Kids will love the juxtaposition of words and meanings, and the detailed collage illustrations will have them coming back again and again. The mother and daughter team of Marthe and Nell Jocelyn know where to look for a story: Not in a skyscraper, but in the dictionary!"
And here are excerpts from a couple of reviews :
"This delightful concept book brings visual literacy to the forefront, supported by a minimal text.... The simple descriptive verses ... are spot-on to reinforce images of numeracy, sorting, paring, common-object recognition, and the daily lives of young children.... The charming collages are the stars of the show and will inspire curiosity" - Starred Review, School Library Journal
"... Jocelyn's imaginative collages help create a book rich in playful details, with a storyline told through pictures that provide depth to the concepts explored in the text.... Sophisticated and yet endearingly simple, Ones and Twos can be enjoyed by both very young children and the adults who read it with them." - Starred Review, Quill Quire
Long-time Friend of the CCBC and Educator Margaret Jensen was also in Stratford a week ago. She examined the book WHERE DO YOU LOOK?, too. Here's a comment from Margaret whose reliable book recommendations have long been heeded by teachers & librarians: "It's also a perfect book for beginning readers! " See the CCBC website for more of Margaret's recommendations:
Peace, Ginny Moore Kruse gmkruse_at_wisc.edu
Received on Wed 28 Aug 2013 12:32:38 PM CDT
