Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "come-on"

I do love to read picture books and wish I could read many more of them than I have time for. I have written and illustrated three myself and truly admire those who create these books.

Beneath a Blue Umbrella
3 stars
Author: Jack Prelutsky
Illustrator: Garth Williams
The poems are fun and humorous. They are definitely aimed for those who like silly poems which I'm not a fan of. If I were, the rating would be higher.
Each poem concerns an animal doing something incredible.
The illustrations are colorful and definitely fit the book. Often they are as humorous as the poems.

Fancy Nancy Oodles of Kittens
5 stars
Author: Jane O'Connor
Illustrator: Robin Preiss Glasser
One rainy day Nancy and friends discover a mother cat and five kittens. Kittens are fun, but they grow up. This introduces giving up the kittens. And her dog Frenchy is jealous.
The illustrations are great showing Nancy as fancy along with her surroundings fit into a casual household.

Come On, Rain
5 stars
Author: Karen Hesse
Illustrator: Jon J. Muth
The weather is hot and dry. Everything is wilting. Tessie is hoping for rain and pinning those hopes on some approaching clouds.
The illustrations are casual watercolors that capture the city scenes. Later they evoke the joy of dancing in the rain.