Sunday, October 10, 2010

"Red Sings from Treetops a year in colors" by Joyce Sidman

RATING:  Thumbs Down! :(


REVIEW: 
     I know what you are thinking!  Is she crazy?  How can she give it a thumbs down?  Does she not know quality? BOO! BOO! HISS! HISS!  Well either way,  I still give it a thumbs down because I think it is too complicated of a book for children.  I mean what kinder or 1st grade student will understand "In the winter, gray and brown hold hands?"  It's just going to confuse them! 
    The illustrations on the other hand are remarkable!  The beautiful blend of rich colors draws the reader into the pages.  The reader is easily sucked into the season and can feel the coolness of Winter and heat of Summer. 
     Basically the changes of the seasons is the subject of this picture book.  Only the colors are personified.  It would be a great book to use when teaching personification to older kids.

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