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24 pp.
| Charlesbridge
| February, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-1-57091-473-7$14.95
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This picture book explanation of time zones opens with a mother and child sharing a book at ten p.m. in the Aleutian Islands. On the facing page "someone is getting dressed" at 9:00 a.m. in Nigeria. In total, nine simultaneous events are shown. Printed on glossy cardboard stock, the gouache illustrations, all round frames and gentle lines, visually echo the story's circularity.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011
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In a concept book about a girl who travels between her mother's country house and her father's city apartment, each spread depicts a pair of opposites ("warm and cold"), with a representative activity in each setting. Though sometimes overwhelming, the vibrant and dynamic illustrations depict the opposites with the dual locations and frequently provide a good challenge.