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7th out of 61 books
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154 voters
All the World
All the world is here.
It is there.
It is everywhere.
All the world is right where you are.
Now.
Following a circle of family and friends through the course of a day from morning till night, this book affirms the importance of all things great and small in our world, from the tiniest shell on the beach, to warm family connections, to the widest sunset sky
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 8th 2009
by Beach Lane Books
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Beautiful, gorgeous illustrations. My kids just love this book because of the pictures, especially my 2 year old. There is one 2 page spread towards the end that shows the entire community at night and my kids love to point out all the places the people had been to during the day. And no matter how many times we read this my daughter always gasps and cries out "Oh no! They forgot the ball!" when she see the beach ball left at the little pond in one of the pictures.
Aug 19, 2010
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
read-childrens-books,
read-caldecott
No wonder this was a Caldecott honor book! The poem by Scanlon is beautiful--I wish they had printed the whole poem on one page at the end.
Frazee's pictures, done in colored pencil, are soft and lovely, describing a day on the seashore for several groups of people. In many of the scences, Frazee cleverly draws, way off in the distance, the next place that will be visited close-up in the succeeding pages. My favorite picture of all is that gorgeous 2-page spread, done in purple, gray, black and p...more
Frazee's pictures, done in colored pencil, are soft and lovely, describing a day on the seashore for several groups of people. In many of the scences, Frazee cleverly draws, way off in the distance, the next place that will be visited close-up in the succeeding pages. My favorite picture of all is that gorgeous 2-page spread, done in purple, gray, black and p...more
The illustrations are beautiful, big and beautiful. The rhyme that makes up the story is excellent and the story expresses lovely sentiments about the world and about loved ones. The story of a (not perfect but wonderful) day with family, and maybe friends too, is told fully but with very few words. Made me a bit melancholy: those extended families look like fun! But, overall, it’s a very uplifting book. I could recommend this for children ages 2-8; it has wide appeal. Gorgeous and gift worthy.
Summary
This book is a poetry book about the world. I feel like the illustrations really make this book what it is and helps the reader understand exactly what the author was thinking when they wrote it. It also shows us many different parts of the world.
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I gave this book a 5-star rating because I felt like this book really had much more meaning behind the words and really makes us think about the world we live in. This story makes me feel really relaxed because of the beautiful pictures t...more
This book is a poetry book about the world. I feel like the illustrations really make this book what it is and helps the reader understand exactly what the author was thinking when they wrote it. It also shows us many different parts of the world.
Response
I gave this book a 5-star rating because I felt like this book really had much more meaning behind the words and really makes us think about the world we live in. This story makes me feel really relaxed because of the beautiful pictures t...more
This book blows me away. The debt Frazee owes to Virginia Lee Burton is deep. But this book made me think Burton had died and been reincarnated with a wisdom from looking at the intervening 45 years since her passing in 1968. The expansive double page spreads are up there with the best of Burton's compositions(Life Story is probably my favorite for this).
Once again, there is a kind of switching between complementary and counterpoint illustrations in this book that is unusual for today's author-...more
Once again, there is a kind of switching between complementary and counterpoint illustrations in this book that is unusual for today's author-...more
'All the World', written by Liz Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee, is a fictional story features a multicultural family that travels to various places, describing the(ir) world. "Rock, stone, pebble, sand. Body, shoulder, arm, hand. A moat to dig, a shell to keep. All the world is wide and deep," is the sort of language that appears in this text. This book is filled with vocabulary terms that could be introduced to students, and the author writes with age appropriate style and langu...more
All the World (poetry)
by Liz Garton Scanlon and Caldecott honor medalist Marla Frazee
Text is hand lettered and illustrations are rendered in black Prismacolor pencil and watercolors.
2010 2x2 Reading List
Grade level: K - 2
The book is wonderfully illustrated in calm, peaceful tones. The culture of the families portrayed are not singular, but are not richly multicultural either. The writing is clear and the vocabulary is common. Kindergarteners would need help with some of the words, the lower leve...more
by Liz Garton Scanlon and Caldecott honor medalist Marla Frazee
Text is hand lettered and illustrations are rendered in black Prismacolor pencil and watercolors.
2010 2x2 Reading List
Grade level: K - 2
The book is wonderfully illustrated in calm, peaceful tones. The culture of the families portrayed are not singular, but are not richly multicultural either. The writing is clear and the vocabulary is common. Kindergarteners would need help with some of the words, the lower leve...more
Jul 14, 2012
Andrea
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone
Recommended to Andrea by:
Cheerios
We actually just got a little paperback bilingual version of this book in a Cheerios box several months ago when my daughter was 18 months old, but it has become one of our favorite books to read together. She loves to see all the different people in it and point out what they are doing. And then at the end, when she sees the little girl in her jammies, she wants to go and get her jammies on, too - perfect! It's one of the most beautiful books I have ever seen - the theme and the illustrations a...more
May 25, 2012
Relyn
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
teachers, parents, kids
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I love the illustrator.
I pick up every book illustrated by Marla Frazee. I adore the faces she draws - so happy and cheerful. I didn't love this book. It reminded me of one of those children's books that was really written with an adult audience in mind. Meh.
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All the World by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon is a 2010 Caldecott Medal winner. This book is a great book that fits all of the literary standards. It has very detailed colorful illustrations. It is filled with flowing text that adds to the books theme about the world. It really explains the world that is easy for children to understand. It also included poetry. All the text just seems to flow wonderfully. It has large pages with illustrations that take up the whole page. All the illustrations go wel...more
“All the World” describes all the big and small things a family encounters and shows how important they each are. The words are minimal, but they are accompanied by beautiful pictures. The book basically shows how the world and everything in it is connected.
This story is well written, and the word choice is appropriate for children and paints a clear picture of various scenes. The illustrations are wonderful and really contribute to the text. The colors reflect the setting and time of day, and...more
This story is well written, and the word choice is appropriate for children and paints a clear picture of various scenes. The illustrations are wonderful and really contribute to the text. The colors reflect the setting and time of day, and...more
All the World, by Liz Garton Scanlon, is a rhyming book that explains the world around you. It says that the world is every item, animal, feeling, emotion, and person. At the end of the book it says "all the world is all of us."
All the World is the most beautiful children's book that I have read. Not only are the illustrations beautiful, so are the words. This book explains that the world is made up of everything in it; inluding: rocks, pebbles, bees, crickets, tables, spoons, and people. The il...more
All the World is the most beautiful children's book that I have read. Not only are the illustrations beautiful, so are the words. This book explains that the world is made up of everything in it; inluding: rocks, pebbles, bees, crickets, tables, spoons, and people. The il...more
1. Picture book- other
2. In this book, we follow a boy and a girl as they go about their day, observing the happenings of the world around them.
3. A. Illustration
B. Marla Frazee uses black Prismacolor pencil and watercolors on Strathmore 2-ply hotpress paper to illustrate this picture book. The use of warm colors with the pop of bright colors, alongside the flawless use of lines helps to guide the reader throughout all the illustrations. This book is strong in diversity, allowing readers to see...more
2. In this book, we follow a boy and a girl as they go about their day, observing the happenings of the world around them.
3. A. Illustration
B. Marla Frazee uses black Prismacolor pencil and watercolors on Strathmore 2-ply hotpress paper to illustrate this picture book. The use of warm colors with the pop of bright colors, alongside the flawless use of lines helps to guide the reader throughout all the illustrations. This book is strong in diversity, allowing readers to see...more
Leah Sherrod
Professor Holland
EDTR 115 EMA
2 October 2011
Poetry Book
Title: “All the World”
By: Liz Garton Scanlon
This poem story book “All the World” takes you through a day of a family’s adventure through the world. The poem starts you off on the beach “A moat to dig, a shell to keep, All the world is wide and deep.” As the family leaves the beach they go through the farm lands, “All the world’s a garden bed.” The poem talks about the world and how it changes from new to old, hot and cold. In the...more
Professor Holland
EDTR 115 EMA
2 October 2011
Poetry Book
Title: “All the World”
By: Liz Garton Scanlon
This poem story book “All the World” takes you through a day of a family’s adventure through the world. The poem starts you off on the beach “A moat to dig, a shell to keep, All the world is wide and deep.” As the family leaves the beach they go through the farm lands, “All the world’s a garden bed.” The poem talks about the world and how it changes from new to old, hot and cold. In the...more
1. Picture book with Controlled vocabulary
2. In the story All the World the reader is brought into a insight of all the elements that make up the world. The reader is shown many elements besides ones that are found within nature.
3. a: The story captures the beauty of the world within the pictures. It represents a wide variety of people and communities to let everyone feel represented. It has a subtle way of rhyme found within the text. It also shows the readers different words for the same thi...more
2. In the story All the World the reader is brought into a insight of all the elements that make up the world. The reader is shown many elements besides ones that are found within nature.
3. a: The story captures the beauty of the world within the pictures. It represents a wide variety of people and communities to let everyone feel represented. It has a subtle way of rhyme found within the text. It also shows the readers different words for the same thi...more
I remember once when I was little having a discussion with a friend about whether "all the world" was bigger than "the whole wide world." I don't remember which one we finally decided was bigger, but I thought of that conversation as I read this great picture book by Liz Garton Scanlon. What does "all the world" mean? The concept may seem ultra-simple, but it is the type of thing some kids wonder about. I love the conclusion reached, that "All the world is everything / Everything is you and me /...more
Here's what I know. There is no such thing as perfect. Really. But this picture book by my friend Liz Garton Scanlon and Marla Frazee comes close. Liz has written a marvelous poem, but one that's hard to picture. Marla has drawn a lovely narrative, but one that doesn't make complete sense on its own. Together, those slightly imperfect pieces make a perfect whole (or as nearly as is humanly possible to create).
As I said in my mention last week, All the World is a work of epic beauty inside a pict...more
As I said in my mention last week, All the World is a work of epic beauty inside a pict...more
1. Audience: This book would work best with kindergarten through second grade. It is a wonderful picture book with lots of details to stimulate the students brains.
2. Appeal: This book would appeal to these students because it has such rich, colorful, and detailed pictures that make you feel like you are there with them. The books has rhyming and is easy to follow. The books is also about a family going through their life for a day, which the students can relate to.
3. Activity: For a class act...more
2. Appeal: This book would appeal to these students because it has such rich, colorful, and detailed pictures that make you feel like you are there with them. The books has rhyming and is easy to follow. The books is also about a family going through their life for a day, which the students can relate to.
3. Activity: For a class act...more
From the beginning cover to the last page, this book is full of beautiful illustrations that display what the words wanted to show.This book is the story of how the world is all the same, although there are so many different people with different backgrounds. All the World, shows children how the people of this world are more similar than they would think. We are similar in the fact that we experience the same things and go through similar things as each other. The illustrations even show that t...more
All the World, by Elizabeth Garton Scanlon and illustrated by Marla Frazee, is a picture book geared toward children (male and female)in grades K-2. This peaceful story begins with two kids digging at the beach. Rapidly through poetic form and rhythm the world opens to include family and friends. As the day evolves, lives begin to intertwine with one another allowing the reader to see the story travel from the beach to the market to the fields, churches, parks, restaurants, and back to the home...more
Audience: This is a quality choice for readers who need simple easy to read text that is printed in easy to read format but still tells and interesting and important story. It is great for readers who like words that rhyme and have a predictable pattern. This is a wonderful book for kids who like books about real people in real places. This would be a great choice for a teacher looking for a book about celebrating the uniqueness of each person and the importance of respecting each other. It woul...more
Audience: Because of the context, large print, and simply vocabulary, this book is best for 1st and 2nd graders.
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to 1st and 2nd graders because of the bright, colorful illustrations. The rhyming pattern that the story follows may also be exciting for students to learn. That pattern has the potential to invoke repetition (like singing a song).
Application: I would use this book for a rhyming game. Before reading the book, I would have prepared flash cards li...more
Appeal: I think this book would appeal to 1st and 2nd graders because of the bright, colorful illustrations. The rhyming pattern that the story follows may also be exciting for students to learn. That pattern has the potential to invoke repetition (like singing a song).
Application: I would use this book for a rhyming game. Before reading the book, I would have prepared flash cards li...more
Themes: family life, community, place, our beautiful, natural world
What a beautiful treasure of a book! I loved the rocking rhythm of Scanlon’s verse and Frazee’s illustrations appealed to the child in me who still loves Virginia Burton’s The Little House.
Frazee’s illustrations are alluring and winsome. She is deftly inclusive in her depiction of the human race and daily life within a community of people attuned to the natural world, the world as community, and sustainable living (the community...more
What a beautiful treasure of a book! I loved the rocking rhythm of Scanlon’s verse and Frazee’s illustrations appealed to the child in me who still loves Virginia Burton’s The Little House.
Frazee’s illustrations are alluring and winsome. She is deftly inclusive in her depiction of the human race and daily life within a community of people attuned to the natural world, the world as community, and sustainable living (the community...more
One of the things I have always thought was odd about hard-line Waldorf School philosophy - and before you email me, let it be known that I have one marvelous little cousin and one fantastic grown-up niece who are Waldorf products, and I have no problem at all giving the Waldorfers some of the credit for how beautifully they have turned out so far - but as I said, one of the odder dicta of Waldorf founder Rudolf Steiner, and he had a LOT of dicta, guy was just Mr. Ruley Rulemonger, and some scho...more
This story features a multicultural family as they experience many of the different things that the world has to offer. The family travels to the beach, a garden, restaurants, farmers markets, and finally has a large family gathering.
The words flow through the pages, with a lyrical quality, and a literal flowing placement curving across the pages. The Caldecott Honor medalist, Marla Frazee, has beautifully illustrated this book using colored pencil and watercolor.
I believe that this book is...more
The words flow through the pages, with a lyrical quality, and a literal flowing placement curving across the pages. The Caldecott Honor medalist, Marla Frazee, has beautifully illustrated this book using colored pencil and watercolor.
I believe that this book is...more
Summary: This story is a wonderful, heartwarming story of the world and how the people interact with it. From the beach to a garden to a rural area to a city, people are always interacting with the world in so many ways. Through the rain and sunshine, there is always something beautiful in this world.
Reading Level: Ages 3-7
Genre: Picture Book
Uses: Guided Reading, Independent Reading, Read-Aloud, Shared Reading
Social Issues: Children will learn that people are all connected in some way in the wo...more
Reading Level: Ages 3-7
Genre: Picture Book
Uses: Guided Reading, Independent Reading, Read-Aloud, Shared Reading
Social Issues: Children will learn that people are all connected in some way in the wo...more
Thisbook "All the World" by Liz Garton Scanlon is amazing. I like the rhymes in the story and how it is written across both pages on some. I can't get over the illustrations by Marla Frazee, she's done a great job, seem like she used pencil sketching/watercolor to produce the image. "Everything you hear, smell, see" carrying over to the next page "All the world is everything ..Everything is you and me" included seperate, little pictures sort of in a bubble like form. Each picture matched the wor...more
This book won a 2010 Caldecott Honor, and deservedly so as it is a well-done and beautiful book. While my son wasn't that interested in the poem or the illustrations, I loved them, especially the soft gorgeous colored pencil and watercolor designs. The poem is about how all the world is in all of us and everywhere. As another reviewer has put it, I liked how the setup for the next group of images was in the 2 page spreads. My two favorite images was the one of the giant tree overlooking the Span...more
1) Picture Book-Other
2) A family spends time together all day while enjoying the earth and all it has to offer, from the ocean in the day, to the night sky.
3a) Family centered; Incorporated Spanish text
3b) This is a great book for families to read together. It shows how much a family can do together and how important family is. The incorporation of Spanish was a great idea because some children have English as a second language, and this book will be a good way to help ESL students.
3c) The book...more
2) A family spends time together all day while enjoying the earth and all it has to offer, from the ocean in the day, to the night sky.
3a) Family centered; Incorporated Spanish text
3b) This is a great book for families to read together. It shows how much a family can do together and how important family is. The incorporation of Spanish was a great idea because some children have English as a second language, and this book will be a good way to help ESL students.
3c) The book...more
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