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Watch It Grow: Backyard Life Cycles
Barbara Reid’s one-of-a kind art brings an engaging exploration of nature to life!
Readers young and old will enjoy this introduction to the marvels of the natural
world: watching a tadpole hatch from an egg, a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, an
acorn become a mighty oak and a glorious sunflower grow from a tiny seed!
Barbara Reid’s love of the outside was celebrated in her acclaimed picture books
Picture a Tree and Picture the Sky, and in Watch It Grow, she blends simple text
with her signature Plasticine illustrations to awaken curiosity and encourage
learning.
The book includes graphic illustrations of the four backyard life cycles.
Readers young and old will enjoy this introduction to the marvels of the natural
world: watching a tadpole hatch from an egg, a caterpillar turn into a butterfly, an
acorn become a mighty oak and a glorious sunflower grow from a tiny seed!
Barbara Reid’s love of the outside was celebrated in her acclaimed picture books
Picture a Tree and Picture the Sky, and in Watch It Grow, she blends simple text
with her signature Plasticine illustrations to awaken curiosity and encourage
learning.
The book includes graphic illustrations of the four backyard life cycles.
- GenresPicture Books
32 pages, Paper Over Board
Published December 26, 2019
About the author
Barbara Reid
86 books54 followersAs a child, Barbara Reid loved reading, drawing, writing and fooling around with plasticine. She kept at it, and has written and illustrated 19 picture books, illustrating more than 25. Her books have been published in over a dozen countries, and her signature plasticine relief illustrations have won many awards including a Governor General’s Award for Illustration and the Ezra Jack Keats Award. Her work has been selected for the IBBY International Honour List, Sydney Taylor Notable Books, the Toronto Public Library’s First and Best List and the Ontario Library Association Best Bets. Recently, Picture a Tree received starred reviews in Quill and Quire, the Horn Book, Kirkus and Booklist.
Through workshops and presentations across Canada, Barbara has enjoyed meeting thousands of young readers, writers and fellow plasticine artists. In July 2013 Barbara was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Barbara’s dimensional artwork is photographed for reproduction by photographer, and husband, Ian Crysler. Barbara lives in Toronto, but is at home in libraries and classrooms everywhere.
Through workshops and presentations across Canada, Barbara has enjoyed meeting thousands of young readers, writers and fellow plasticine artists. In July 2013 Barbara was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
Barbara’s dimensional artwork is photographed for reproduction by photographer, and husband, Ian Crysler. Barbara lives in Toronto, but is at home in libraries and classrooms everywhere.
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March 7, 2020
Beautiful! As always, the art was amazing. Both my toddlers enjoyed the mini stories of the different lifecycles. This is one that would make a fabulous gift for toddlers/children and is nice to pick up and look at the pictures/art - and an easy read.
A new favourite of Reid's books!
A new favourite of Reid's books!
May 6, 2023
Lots of info, it’s very well done and we liked the summary at the end.
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