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Into the Outdoors
by
Susan Gal
In Susan Gal's delightful young-concept book, a family travels up a mountain, over a bridge, and under a canopy of trees to reach their campsite in the great outdoors. A forest hike offers more opportunities to showcase words that describe spacial relationships and show young readers where they are in the world. Beside a lake! Next to a waterfall! On top of a mountain! The...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
October 11th 2011
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
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At first this seems a bit on the cheesy side of playing with prepositions, but I ended up finding it rather fun. The prepositions are highlighted in yellow so that you can either emphasize them or just read the story normally. The illustrations are great with lots of texture that makes the digital collage technique work well without looking fake when combined with the charcoal. They are maybe a bit young for children who would actually be studying prepositions (the family has a toddler and a pre...more
5 stars : Want to go camping? This is a sweet concept book with clever illustrations that will encourage children to learn new words and be aware of the world around them. Words are highlighted, ie. UP vs. DOWN and an illustration can bring about a discussion as to the differences in these words.the texture-like drawings add a wonderful whimsy to the world if prepositions and a delightful demension to the wildlife that observes our quartet as they enjoy the outdoors.
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Nice title about camping and the outdoors for younger listeners. Heading up to the mountains and going on a hike provides lots of opportunities for prepositional words. LOVE the animals following along behind the hiking family, and the little one who notices and makes friends. Real hiking families will be iffy with the fact that the toddler shares his teddy with a real bear--encouraging or condoning that behavior is not really kosher and can be dangerous. But the illlustrations are expressive, t...more
Outdoors story for Preschool- Kindergarten
Concept Book- prepositions.
The children are going camping and the author uses prepositions to show how they are going in, on, around, over, under, etc.
Overall I liked the story. The illustrations were a bit dark but show the forests and trails of a camp ground. Might be too dark for a group read aloud although perhaps you could use it with a visual presenter. The texture and illustrations are great and just seemed to be a book to read one on one to get...more
Concept Book- prepositions.
The children are going camping and the author uses prepositions to show how they are going in, on, around, over, under, etc.
Overall I liked the story. The illustrations were a bit dark but show the forests and trails of a camp ground. Might be too dark for a group read aloud although perhaps you could use it with a visual presenter. The texture and illustrations are great and just seemed to be a book to read one on one to get...more
A family departs on a camping trip, heading out on a hike once their camp site is set up. Simple text is accompanied by retro illustrations, creating a poetic journey for the family. Woodland creatures follow the family, intrigued by their adventure. Gal's lovely illustrations bring the bright patterns of the family into the soft, natural textures of the forest, capturing the hazy atmosphere of mountain views and the varying landscape elements of the forest.
At first glance you might not think much of this simple book about a family going camping in the great outdoors, but take a second look and I think you will enjoy the fun use of prepositions (through, across, up, around). Simple, flowing text, and although the illustrations are lovely and invoke the deep woods, I would have liked something a little brighter.
Concept words (over, under, in, out, through, etc.,) are highlighted in each sentence. However, the browns and other earth tones of the illustrations dim the brightness of the highlighted words. Very confusing, especially when those words are highlighted for a purpose.
Apr 24, 2012
Jj
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3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
books-for-children
I like the assortment of prepositions used to tell the story and in different tones of font on each page. Illustrations are nice, though (as many others have noted) often rather dark/low-contrast, which makes this better suited to one-on-one sharing rather than groups.
Nicely told story about a trip into the woods to camp overnight that features and highlights prepositional phrases and high frequency preposition words. Good for word work and writing mechanics.It's a quieter version of A Fox Chased a Mouse: A Prepositional tail.
As the family explores the great outdoors during a camping trip, readers are introduced to prepositions. This is a fun way to introduce this concept to readers and a great way to integrate language arts curriculum into a library lesson.
Camping in the woods on a mountain is a fun journey with retro style illustrations, joining parents (or grandparents) memories of such camping with children's exposure to prepositions.
An exercise in prepositions disguised as a gentle adventure in the great outdoors. Highly recommended as a classroom read-aloud, Gal's signature illutrations will appeal to her many fans.
Learn your prepositions in the fresh air with this book that takes us up into the mountains and down into the forest. A family heads out on a camping trip. Along the way they go over a bridge and under the trees. Once they reach the woods, they head out on a hike, following a trail around the lake, across a stream, and between some large rocks. They return to their campsite and the fire, where the animals they saw on their hike have followed them back. The entire book is playful and fun.
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a good book about a family enjoying the outdoors by hiking and camping. The little baby finds a friend and the new friend is hiding of sorts on each page.
Boring "story," but does a good job of covering spatial relationships - all the prepositions are highlighted in a different color.
I love the illustrations and the bear secretly that follows the family around during their hiking trip.
This camping trip story is filled with prepositions and wonderful illustrations. Recommended ages 4-8yrs.
Prepositions!!! I really like the illustrations. The story... well it was pretty good too.
Take a ride to the great outdoors and see lovely realistic artwork of the animals.
Oct 17, 2011
Edward Sullivan
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books
An enjoyable story introducing prepositions with charming illustrations.
Camping in the outdoors -emphasis on Prepositions.
A nice camping story, perfect for storytime.
Leaving the city they go into the outdoors.
Love the retro illustrations. :)
good for positional words
A nice story and on each page prepositions are highlighted.
Jan 13, 2012
Heather
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Kids 4+
Shelves:
children-s-books,
grammar
A fun way to teach children propositions (they're highlighted in the text throughout the story).
4.5 Stars - Review on granitemedia.org - http://www.granitemedia.org/2012/01/i...
Apr 20, 2013
Heather
marked it as get-littles
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