false<![CDATA[Verdi]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179893345m/970061.jpg9700616Verdi is a proud python, flourishing in the flower of his youth. He loves to swiftly slither around the forest, brandishing his bright yellow skin, and can't fathom why anyone would want to be sleepy and green like the adult snakes he knows. Verdi insists, as so many youngsters do, "I will never be lazy, boring or green!" Despite his resolve to stay young, one day he notices a patch of green spreading down the length of his body. Verdi does everything he can think of to erase this first sign of the inevitable tide of age. But in his frenzy of youthful, Icarus-like bravado, he nearly kills himself. Finally, Verdi learns that even though he can't stop the aging process, green skin won't keep him from being a fun-loving, young-at-heart, figure-eight-forming snake. <P>Janell Cannon's illustrations are exquisite. As in her award-winning <I>Stellaluna</I>, not only are the animal drawings painstakingly accurate, they are also awash with movement and beauty. The countless shades of greeny-yellow and yellowy-green have the effect of a cool eye compress for the reader--calming, inviting, and enticing readers to reach into the lush environment of the pages. <I>Verdi</I>'s lesson is never didactic, always compelling, and pleasantly surprising. <I>(Ages 4 and older)</I>2415351141997Verditotal:394|5:144|4:164|3:61|2:22|1:3|39416064544540falsefalseTue Mar 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009Tue Mar 03 17:04:43 -0800 2009Tue Mar 03 17:17:06 -0800 2009
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Stellaluna is the first of this author's children's books, but I came upon Verdi first and as a result, it's my favorite of the two. Verdi is a young, bright yellow python with sporty stripes... And he doesn't want to grow up to be big and green. All the green adult pythons are la...more...]]>
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