Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "verdi"
"Verdi", "A Home For the Winter" and "Howling Hill"
This was a week for nature books.
A Home For the Winter
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Second Grade Students, Stoddert Elementary, Washington, D.C.
The story is simple, but interesting. An eagle flying south for the winter wonders how some animals who stay in the north survive the winter. He magically transforms into some of them to find out.
Simple collages form the illustrations. They serve the purpose well.
Howling Hill
5 stars
Author: Will Hobbs
Illustrator: Jill Kastner
Some wolf pups are playing when one drifts away on a log. She finally makes it to shore far from her pack's home. Her challenge is to get home through the snow and, once there, to connect with the other wolves.
The illustrations are done in oils. The animals are in thick smears of paint. These are very effective in creating the wolves and bringing their actions alive.
Verdi
5 stars favorite
Author/Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Green tree pythons are green as adults. Verdi is a hatchling and yellow with black markings. He loves his yellow color and wants to keep it forever. Besides, adult greens are lazy and boring, something he never wants to be.
Verdi's adventures get him into trouble, big trouble. Worst of all, his beautiful yellow turns relentlessly green.
The illustrations are vivid. There are pencil drawings of some things under the text. Some pages are devoted to Verdi's spectacular gymnastics.
The last pages tell about snakes.
A Home For the Winter
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Second Grade Students, Stoddert Elementary, Washington, D.C.
The story is simple, but interesting. An eagle flying south for the winter wonders how some animals who stay in the north survive the winter. He magically transforms into some of them to find out.
Simple collages form the illustrations. They serve the purpose well.
Howling Hill
5 stars
Author: Will Hobbs
Illustrator: Jill Kastner
Some wolf pups are playing when one drifts away on a log. She finally makes it to shore far from her pack's home. Her challenge is to get home through the snow and, once there, to connect with the other wolves.
The illustrations are done in oils. The animals are in thick smears of paint. These are very effective in creating the wolves and bringing their actions alive.
Verdi
5 stars favorite
Author/Illustrator: Janell Cannon
Green tree pythons are green as adults. Verdi is a hatchling and yellow with black markings. He loves his yellow color and wants to keep it forever. Besides, adult greens are lazy and boring, something he never wants to be.
Verdi's adventures get him into trouble, big trouble. Worst of all, his beautiful yellow turns relentlessly green.
The illustrations are vivid. There are pencil drawings of some things under the text. Some pages are devoted to Verdi's spectacular gymnastics.
The last pages tell about snakes.
