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14 pp.
| Sterling
| November, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4027-8711-9$26.95 New ed. (2007)
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Eric Puybaret.
Paper engineering by Bruce Foster. First it was a song, then a picture book, now a pop-up book packaged with a CD. Puybaret's dreamy computer-generated illustrations leap off the page and from behind flaps in a book of greater interest to sentimental adults and collectors than young children. The art is appropriately wistful, but the story never comes to life, despite the elaborate packaging.
32 pp.
| Sterling
| October, 2009
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4027-4806-6$16.95
(4)
PS
Illustrated by
Melissa Sweet.
The verses of the Peter, Paul, and Mary classic are set against intimate watercolor and mixed-media illustrations of parents--human and animal--reassuring their young. Excepting the repetitive refrain ("Day is done, when the day is done. When the day is done, when the day is done"), the song seems tailor-made for a picture book treatment. A CD of three Yarrow songs is included.
32 pp.
| Sterling
| August, 2007
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4027-4782-3$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Eric Puybaret.
Peter (Yarrow), Paul, and Mary's familiar song isn't a natural fit for a picture book. The lyrics' dreamlike images seem strange when read aloud, and the repeated refrain ("Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea / And frolicked in the autumn mist...") falls flat. Fans of the song may enjoy losing themselves in the fanciful illustrations while listening to the enclosed CD.