The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Freeman, Don, Illustrator

The Day Is Waiting

32 pp. | Zonderkidz | April, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-310-74054-4 $9.99
Reissue (1980, Viking)

(2) PS Words by Linda Zuckerman. A selection of Freeman's illustrations (unpublished prior to the original edition's publication) is given surprising coherence and unity by the theme of the simple, ingenuous rhymed text. "What do you see when you look outside? / A pigeon / Some penguins / The world so wide." Freeman's spontaneity, gentle humor, and freshness of color are all on display.

Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc. | Horn Book Magazine Issue: June, 1980