Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "the-mare-on-the-hill"
"Soar High, Dragonfly!", "The Mare on the Hill" and "Cloud Dance"
All of these look at nature. Fall is a time to admire nature.
Soar High, Dragonfly!
4 stars
Author: Sheri Mabry Bestor
Illustrator: Jonny Lambert
Dragonflies are so easy to recognize with their strong flight and large size. The book is written on two levels. One is a simple story about the life of a dragonfly. The other is composed of many informative paragraphs about dragonflies.
The illustrations are evidently assembled from cut paper. They are intricate and interesting.
The Mare on the Hill
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Thomas Locker
The story is about a white mare brought home and turned loose into a hilly pasture. She has been mistreated and trust no one, although the boys never give up trying to win her trust.
What is truly spectacular in this book are the illustrations which look like they belong in an art museum. The attention to detail makes these oil illustrations lure the reader into the mare's world.
Cloud Dance
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Thomas Locker
So often people, especially children draw clouds as blobs of white. Clouds appear in a huge array of shapes. Their colors change from their thickness, their shapes, the time of day, so many factors.
Few of the clouds in the illustrations are white. None of them are blobs. These illustrations are oils looking like art museum entries. The array of clouds and their many colors are beautiful.
There is a page about kinds of clouds at the end.
Soar High, Dragonfly!
4 stars
Author: Sheri Mabry Bestor
Illustrator: Jonny Lambert
Dragonflies are so easy to recognize with their strong flight and large size. The book is written on two levels. One is a simple story about the life of a dragonfly. The other is composed of many informative paragraphs about dragonflies.
The illustrations are evidently assembled from cut paper. They are intricate and interesting.
The Mare on the Hill
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Thomas Locker
The story is about a white mare brought home and turned loose into a hilly pasture. She has been mistreated and trust no one, although the boys never give up trying to win her trust.
What is truly spectacular in this book are the illustrations which look like they belong in an art museum. The attention to detail makes these oil illustrations lure the reader into the mare's world.
Cloud Dance
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Thomas Locker
So often people, especially children draw clouds as blobs of white. Clouds appear in a huge array of shapes. Their colors change from their thickness, their shapes, the time of day, so many factors.
Few of the clouds in the illustrations are white. None of them are blobs. These illustrations are oils looking like art museum entries. The array of clouds and their many colors are beautiful.
There is a page about kinds of clouds at the end.
