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In the Small, Small Pond
Denise Fleming's book gives young readers a frog's-eye view of life in a pond throughout the seasons.
In the Small, Small Pond is a 1994 Caldecott Honor Book.
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In the Small, Small Pond is a 1994 Caldecott Honor Book.
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Paperback, 32 pages
Published
October 15th 1998
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
(first published 1993)
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In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming follows a frog to explore pond life. Starting in spring, we view the frog and other pond denizens and visitors through the seasons.
The rhyming text features a large, bold font and about sixty words. Adjectives and action words describe the various pond animals encountered, including tadpoles, geese, dragonflies, turtles, herons, minnows, whirligigs, swallows, crayfish, ducks, raccoons, and muskrats. Movement is well portrayed through the descriptive wr...more
The rhyming text features a large, bold font and about sixty words. Adjectives and action words describe the various pond animals encountered, including tadpoles, geese, dragonflies, turtles, herons, minnows, whirligigs, swallows, crayfish, ducks, raccoons, and muskrats. Movement is well portrayed through the descriptive wr...more
In the Small, Small Pond is a children’s realistic fiction book written by Denise Fleming. The story is a short book about what happens in a pond. The book is entirely made up of rhyme and alliterations. The book is made up of short phrases that describe different actions performed by different animals in the pond. Some phrases used in the book are “wiggle, jiggle, tadpoles wriggle” and “sweep, swoop, swallows scoop. The book had no theme or plot. It was more focused on verb phrases and would be...more
Nov 11, 2009
Janice Villwock
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5 of 5 stars
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Pre-K-2nd grade Read aloud/self read
Denise Fleming's very vivid and colorful pages were created by "pouring colored cotton pulp through hand cut stencils" resulting in "images set in handmade paper!" Fleming takes the reader and listeners through the numerous activities happening at the small pond. Her pages are very bright without any negative space. She uses a rhyming sequence on every page carried throughout the book. The story takes the reader from spring with the many tadpoles swimming in t...more
Denise Fleming's very vivid and colorful pages were created by "pouring colored cotton pulp through hand cut stencils" resulting in "images set in handmade paper!" Fleming takes the reader and listeners through the numerous activities happening at the small pond. Her pages are very bright without any negative space. She uses a rhyming sequence on every page carried throughout the book. The story takes the reader from spring with the many tadpoles swimming in t...more
This story is wonderful for younger students. I absolutely love the colorful and bright illustrations. The book shows a small pond from a little girl's point of view. While reaching to catch a frog, she gets to explore and see the wonderful ecosystem surrounding her. The animals include and are not limited to tadpoles, geese, swallows, crawldads, and waterbugs. The story introduces each animal along with sounds and actions, using a wonderful vocabulary of different adjectives and verbs, all whil...more
"In the Small, Small Pond" written and illustrated by Denise Fleming uses alliterations and rhyming schemes to take the reader on a journey through a pond. In the story, we follow a frog through the four seasons coming into contact with dragon flies whose "wings quiver," tadpoles that "wiggle, jiggle," and among many more. The illustrations use mellow and earthy colors really capturing what a pond actually looks like. The stenciled looking images are unique and interesting to the eye. The text b...more
Denise Fleming's In the Small, Small, Pond is a story for young children to learn about what swims and what happens in a pond. A young child attempts to catch a frog, but is unable to do so right away, which allows her to explore the pond and its surroundings The story provides both large pictures and words that help illustrate the story for the students. The illustrations are extremely colorful and bright and each picture includes animals with sound and action words to help the children underst...more
"In the Small, Small Pond" was about all of the different animals in a pond going about their daily activities. This book would be very entertaining for a younger group of students, from pre-k to 1st grade would be my target audience if I were to read this book to my students. Fleming uses great rhyming throughout each page which keeps you very entertained and curious to see how she will create another rhyme with the next animal in the pond. However I thought the illustrations were average and t...more
Denise Fleming really works her magic with this book. She uses her trademark technique for illustrations, pulp painting, which according to the dust jacket is "pouring colored cotton pulp through hand-cut stencils." I've seen a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngA0eE...)
on how she does it and it is a really cool process. The illustrations are vibrant and fun and show how animals and insects live around a pond from spring to winter. The rhyming text helps the paintings come alive with phras...more
on how she does it and it is a really cool process. The illustrations are vibrant and fun and show how animals and insects live around a pond from spring to winter. The rhyming text helps the paintings come alive with phras...more
In the Small, Small Pond is a Caldecott Honor Book and I can see why. The illustrations in this book are great, and I love the how colorful and it is! Negative space is nonexistent. The pages are filled with a variety of colors that appear as if they were sponge painted on the pages which adds tremendous texture to the pictures. Because of the patterns and methods used to create the pictures the characters really seem to be alive and moving. There are no borders found in this book, but the text...more
This was read at story time today as part of the water themed summer reading program. I really liked this one. It had big bold illustrations that took up the whole page. The pictures were of lots of different animals, bugs, and birds that live in and around the pond. The text was poetic describing the pond life, sometimes focusing on sights and other times on sounds. A great book to precede or follow a trip out doors.
This is really any all ages book since the science aspect can be used for youn...more
This is really any all ages book since the science aspect can be used for youn...more
Dec 06, 2012
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In the Small, Small Pond is a Caldecott Honor Book. The illustrations in this book are very colorful, bright, and interesting. Each page shows a different animal that would live in a pond and three verbs that describes what the animal is doing in the pond. On every page except for one, there is a frog along with the other animals. The book also starts out with the warm seasons and at the end of the book it shows the from burrowed under ground while it snows outside. I really like this book. I th...more
This is the first Denise Fleming book that I read to my daughter Lily. We discovered it at the library during story time, and I really didn't like it at first. Then, my mom gave this book to Emmy as a gift. The more I read it to Emmy, the more I appreciated it. The animals in the pond are shown throughout the seasons; there are many different pond animals and the sounds they make on each layout. Every page also has as least one frog on it. As I read this book to Emmy, I ask her to point to the f...more
I am quickly becoming a Denise Fleming fan. Just like in Pumpkin Eye, In the Small Small Pond is more of an expression of experience and feeling rather than a play by play story.
Fleming has a unique style to both her writing and her illustrations. The use of simple, rhyming prose in her books is effective and engaging. This is a fantastic book to read aloud to toddlers and small children. The illustrations are bright and stylized, creating a unique texture to the story.
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Fleming has a unique style to both her writing and her illustrations. The use of simple, rhyming prose in her books is effective and engaging. This is a fantastic book to read aloud to toddlers and small children. The illustrations are bright and stylized, creating a unique texture to the story.
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In the Small, Small Pond is such a great book that can be used in so many ways. I read this to my seconds graders the other day, and they loved it! The story really gives you an up close view of the sights, sounds, and animals of the small pond. Kids really love that you have to 'act out' the sounds of the story, and they love repeating the sounds after you. Also, they love meeting the animals of the pond, and many of them they have never heard of before. This is a great book for when you learn...more
In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming is a fun book with full spread illustrations. This book does not have many words but does introduce new animals in bright seasons that change. The books shows how the pond changes with each season. If you pay attention, the book also follows a frog from tadpole stage to adulthood. In the Small, Small Pond won and Caldecott Honor in 1994. I recommend this book to any child who is interested in frogs or ponds. Make sure to look for the frog in every scene...more
A beautifully illustrated book about what goes on in the pond and the animals that live and swim in it. It describes the ways that each animal moves through the pond. This book is good for beginning readers as it doesn't have a lot of words. I think this book is suitable for 1-5 years of age.
For a learning activity, I would read the book and have the children identify living things in ponds. To see if they know why they move like the way they do and discuss the reasons with the children.
For a learning activity, I would read the book and have the children identify living things in ponds. To see if they know why they move like the way they do and discuss the reasons with the children.
A first introduction to the pond ecosystem, this book has all sorts of literary elements meant to develop a young child's phonological awareness--alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia. Many of the words are too advanced for the young audience--quiver, plunge, dabble, etc.--and are not defined in the pictures, in fact the pictures sometimes have very little direct connection with the words.
The illustrations are in bright primary colors with layered textures.
The illustrations are in bright primary colors with layered textures.
I would use this book to start a lesson on pond ecosystems for 2nd-3rd graders. We could talk about the different types of animals found in he pond. The different plant life and changes that come about in the pond in the different seasons.
I would also use this for a language arts lesson. There are many words that rhyme. I would have the students point out the rhyming words and explain what common characteristics they have that make them rhyme.
I would also use this for a language arts lesson. There are many words that rhyme. I would have the students point out the rhyming words and explain what common characteristics they have that make them rhyme.
Very simple verse on pond life with an observant frog playing the main character. The technique for creating the visual telling: "...pouring colored cotton pulp through hand-cut stencils. The result - images set in handmade paper!" (from the inside back cover flap) Looking back through the images, Fleming's control of her medium and imaginative use of it is enchanting.
I love Denise Fleming and I love her illustrations most of all. This book is one of my favorite books to read to my nephew. He loves to follow the frog and hear me read the funny verbs. This is a great book to introduce action words and power verbs. I would also use this book to introduce pond life. I will always keep my shelves full of Denise Fleming's work! LOVE IT!
This is a really enjoyable book to read. The words are printed to reflect their meaning. For example, "wiggle" is written in wiggly letters.
This is an ideal book for a creative literacy activity. Each page has verbs and adverbs which young children can easily act out. I would definitely recommend this to a kindergarten teacher for developing a love for literacy.
This is an ideal book for a creative literacy activity. Each page has verbs and adverbs which young children can easily act out. I would definitely recommend this to a kindergarten teacher for developing a love for literacy.
I loved the color and texture in this book. The rhyming words were fun to read, and my children enjoyed listening. The illustrator was very creative in how she placed the text. The placement goes along with the words. For example Circle, Swirl is curved and goes around a circle. Also, the words weren't too difficult so my six-year-old could read it on his own.
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This book is a great book to use to alliteration, rhyming and sound development. This is also a great story to use for vocabulary development. I would use this book in the dramatic play area, possibly making the dramatic play area a big pond, and have a variety of thing from the book to really help them develop their vocabulary and possibly make up their own stories.
In the small, small pond
By Denise Fleming
Age group: P-8
This book was about different animals that were in the pond. It was a clever way to depict the pond atmosphere. It was catchy and rhythmic. I think little children 2-5 would like to read or have it read to them. I liked reading this book because of the rhyming. I'm a big kid at heart.
By Denise Fleming
Age group: P-8
This book was about different animals that were in the pond. It was a clever way to depict the pond atmosphere. It was catchy and rhythmic. I think little children 2-5 would like to read or have it read to them. I liked reading this book because of the rhyming. I'm a big kid at heart.
This introductory book about pond life is a Caldecott Honor Book winner. The illustrations and rhyming text depict animals as they live in or near a pond habitat during various seasons.
Audience/Age Level: 4-7 yrs
Instructional Ideas:
ELA: Choral reading; readers’ theatre
Science: Pond Life unit; seasons; habitats
Audience/Age Level: 4-7 yrs
Instructional Ideas:
ELA: Choral reading; readers’ theatre
Science: Pond Life unit; seasons; habitats
This short, sweet picture book is very similar to In the Tall, Tall Grass. It describes what is seen in the small, small pond. This book also can be used to talk about rhyming, and different forms of writing. Not every story has to be super detailed and long. A short, sweet story can tell a lot, depending on how you write it.
Aug 05, 2012
Janet
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4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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read2012-picbk
I have become a fan of Fleming's illustrations since discovering her work this year. As I read this title I was unaware that it had been a Caldecott honor title. It certainly deserved it, as the choice of vocabulary and the illuatrations combine well to give the sense of movement and life in a pond. Great title.
Ages 2-5. The variety of words used will help increase children's vocabulary. The large print will help children understand how print works on the page. Each page has groupings of words that either start or end with similar letters, helping to build phonological awareness. It's also a great introduction into the seasons.
Feb 04, 2009
Senna Compton
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The Fleming Books (so far we've read In the Tall, Tall Grass, In the Small, Small Pond, and Beetle Bop) are all really wonderful. The pictures use dramatic, moody colours and are striking -- and the rhymes inspire vocal theatrics. Lovely books. At eleven weeks, Senna definitely approves.
This is a fun book that teaches students about their environment and animals that are found inside of a pond. This book could also be used in a cross-curricular activity in teaching rhyming words. I would place this book in a variety of learning centers including science and reading.
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Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children’s picture books, including In the Tall, Tall Grass, Shout! Shout It Out!, and Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy. She won a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. Denise creates her colorful illustrations by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.
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