What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688144934 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 40 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Here is a beautiful and unique picture book in turn-around format about the concept of day and night. Young audiences will delight in the experience of going from morning to night -- and back again -- in this stunning creation from the Caldecott Honor -- winning author-artist of Have You Seen My Duckling?. Open the book, and the sun rises to reveal blue skies, crowded barnyards, and bustling streets. Turn the book over, and the moon comes up to the hush of night with its bright stars, hooting owls, and sleeping children
"Beautiful illustrations" according to Happy Mommy. I love this book. We first encountered this at the public library, and had to have it for my daughter's home library. Beautiful, vivid illustrations. Simply language. My 18-month-old daughter and I enjoy this book. I love the format, too, where you flip the book over half way through to do the opposite point of view. There was a book "I am My Mommy /. "Summer reading list" according to Twins moma. Quick shipping. Boys absolutely loved this book. It's creative and organized in a way to keep kids interested. We purchased after reading this book at the library.. Wonderful Book to read to children's group. We have been reading this book at our public library for several years. The illustrations are big, bold, and beautiful. It has a unique feature - first you see what the sun sees and as the end of the day approaches - you close the book, flip it over vertically and then you see what the moon sees. It almost seems magical the way it works.I classify bo
Details from one picture transform themselves in the opposite, e.g., sunflowers, shown in a sun-drenched field, appear in a brightly lit florist's window, viewed from a dark and quiet city street. She provides a pleasant introduction to many opposites in scenes that will be familiar to a young audience?busy/restful city and country scenes, awake/sleeping animals and children. . An excellent concept book, similar in quality to the artist's many pastoral picture books. A detached perspective and a panoramic distancing of colored-pencil and watercolor illustrations allow viewers to feel as though they are indeed looking down on the cycles of time.?Tana Elias, Meadowridge Branch Library, Madison, WICopyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. A spare and repetitious text reinforces the continuity and contrast of daytime and