Quiet in the garden
Record details
- ISBN: 9780061552083 (lib. bdg.)
- ISBN: 9780061552076 (hc) :
-
Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, c2009.
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Gardens -- Juvenile fiction Animals -- Food -- Juvenile fiction Picture books for children |
Topic Heading: | Reading Power - Visualize. Special Places. Summer. |
Available copies
- 4 of 6 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Castlegar Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Castlegar Public Library | J E ALI (Text) | 35146001354042 | Junior Easy | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2008 November #2
"I love to go out in the garden," says a young boy, who describes what he sees and hears when he sits still in his lush backyard. The quiet garden, it turns out, is teeming with life, and the boy imagines noisy conversations among the small animals he observes. After a robin nibbles berries on a bush, for example, a snail asks, "Why did you do that?" "I was hungry," the robin replies. That question and answer becomes a rhythmic refrain, subtly introducing food-chain concepts in dialogue between pairs of animals. Finally, the boy realizes that he, too, is hungry, and after gathering vegetables and fruit, he shares a picnic with his animal friends. Young children will delight in the detailed pictures, rendered in watercolor, crayon, and ink, which contrast expansive aerial views of the garden with close-up scenes of the boy, surrounded by flowering plants and small companions. The words lulling repetition creates a subtle, meditative tone that reinforces the message: quiet observation can reveal an exciting, "anything-but-quiet" world. Copyright 2008 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2009 Fall
A boy enters his backyard garden. His first-person narrative invites readers to join him, sit still, listen, and observe. We soon hear the animals talking and learn how the garden feeds an assortment of creatures, including the quiet little boy. Vivid colors against white backgrounds enhance this simple, childlike appreciation of nature. Instructions for creating a garden follow the story. Copyright 2009 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2009 February #2
A sandal-shod child holds still in the garden, watching its various denizens help themselves to its bounty. A robin eats some berries, a snail munches some leaves and so on. Even as the child's observations carry this simple narrative along, the animals provide a parallel dialogue in a smaller font: "Why did you do that?" demands a butterfly of the snail, who replies, "It's what I do when I'm hungry." Occasional humor enlivens this subplot, which threatens tedium with its necessarily repetitive pattern. Aliki's eye for the child-appealing detail is as keen as everâher protagonist sports a Band-aid on the left elbowâand her garden flora and fauna vary only in subject, not in beauty (though sticklers will wonder that the daffodils and the tomatoes seem to be in season at the same time). (Picture book. 3-5) Copyright Kirkus 2009 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2009 February
PreS-Gr 1âAn artful introduction to nature, stillness, and the power of observation. A wide-eyed boy enters a garden replete with fluttering butterflies, birds, and blooming trees, all rich with color. "I sit quietly. If I am very still, I see more." He also hears sounds: "chirp, squeak, crunch." A robin eats red berries from a bush, a turtle munches moss, a lizard snaps up a moth, and so on. Animals small and large question motives as each one finds its meal: "The frog hopped up and caught a gnat. Why did you do that? asked a fish. I was hungry, said the frog, and I didn't want to eat you." Learning by observing and listening to the creatures in turn, the boy finally gathers a meal of apples, berries, carrots, and more for a picnic with his friends-the myriad creatures. With spare words and a balance of line and color against white backgrounds framed with lacey branches, Aliki deftly portrays the benefits of observing nature. Back matter tells how to grow a "quiet" garden. This book is perfect for reading aloud: "The squirrel crunched on an acorn. Why did you do that? asked the spider. Ah-wa-wan-gwy, said the squirrel, crunching away."âMarian Creamer, Children's Literature Alive, Portland, OR
[Page 71]. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.