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32 pp.
| Candlewick
| March, 2019
|
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7538-7$16.99
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Satoshi Kitamura.
In sly, understated text, Jenkins discusses crocodiles' teeth, predatory behavior, the care females give their hatchlings, etc. Related details appear in smaller type on many pages, while an appended note adds information about habitats and classification. Kitamura's mixed-media illustrations include a bit of whimsy in extratextual features, such as a nattily dressed crocodile scanning a restaurant menu of favored prey in the back matter. Websites. Ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2019
32 pp.
| Eerdmans
| February, 2015
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8028-5449-0$16.00
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Satoshi Kitamura.
The "Yes" (an abstract orange creature) starts a long journey to get to a "Where." Along the way, he is plagued by "Nos," but the Yes overcomes the Nos' negativity at each obstacle he encounters. While the metaphor may be lost on a young audience, the cadenced language and expansive watercolor spreads of this U.K. import make it a good read-aloud.
(2)
4-6
Illustrated by
Satoshi Kitamura.
Sixteen brief chapters present an overview of money--the whys and hows of its development, different items that have been employed as currency--from ancient times to today. Although the ideas are challenging, each follows naturally from the one before. Jenkins succeeds in presenting challenging ideas; Kitamura's tidy watercolors (spot art and panel illustrations) add humor and help illustrate the concepts. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Dorcas Hand
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2014
32 pp.
| Farrar
| March, 2005
|
TradeISBN 0-374-35634-3$16.00
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Satoshi Kitamura.
In this parable of the awakening imagination, an "ordinary boy woke from his ordinary dreams...had an ordinary pee...and ate his ordinary breakfast." At school a colorful new teacher demands that the class listen to music and record what they imagine. While the art bursts into joyful color, the boy begins to write; "and he was lost, lost in...the storytelling game. And it was extraordinary."