Park Beat: Rhymin' Through the Seasons

by Jonathan London, Woodleigh Marx Hubbard

From hot-dog vendors to snowball fights, this boldly illustrated picture book captures the diverse events and happenings seen and experienced through the seasons at the local community park.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

32 pages, Library Binding

First published May 1, 2001

About the author

Jonathan London is the author of several celebrated children's books. His commitment to honoring the wonders of the natural world has been lauded by readers and critics alike. He is the author of more than 70 children's books, many of which are about nature. He's also the author of the popular Froggy series. He lives in Graton, California with his wife and two sons.

Reviews

[Kim Van · Rating 4 out of 5]

I. The title of the book, Park Beat: Rhymin' Through the Seasons, describes the whole book in one line. The story plays in a park called Beat and the author describes the seasons by rhyming about changes that occurred in the park during certain seasons. This one of those books that make the text necessary for the pictures, because the author rhymes about situations you most likely wouldn't even have noticed if he didn't talk about it. The pictures support the text because there are some difficult words in there that after reading it could be pointed out in them.
II. A major theme in this book is the seasons, this is basically what the whole book is about.
III. I give this book a 4-star rating since it is a very useful book to talk about the seasons and the fact that the author used rhyme as literal technique.
IV. Sometimes I still see myself as a child whenever I think about my English vocabulary. Since it is not my first language, I often don't know very basic words because I wouldn't typically need them in conversations. While reading this book I noticed how many seasonal words were new to me.
V. I recommend this book to use in class for young children to teach them about seasons. The use of rhyme expands their vocabulary and make the characteristics of the seasons stick better.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations are so active and colorful! This is a wonderful complement to a fun book.

[Edward Creter · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book honors each season of the year--spring, summer, fall and winter--with poetry that feels like a nice rap song-- note: I said a NICE rap song, not Tupac or Biggie, but more like an Al Green with a little LLCoolJ (as in: I Need Love). A good way to enjoy each day of life.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a storybook-poem book about the changing seasons. A long poem stretched on on the pages, a few lines per page along with beautiful illustrations that bring home what the author is talking about.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

got this for Isaac. It's a really cute rhyme describing the different seasons.