What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
This topic is about
Side by Side
SOLVED: Children's/YA
>
SOLVED. Children's Poetry Anthology book. Each poem has 1-2 pages of full-color illustrations in the same style throughout. "Three Little Kittens", "The Walrus & the Carpenter", etc. Read 2000-2005. [s]
date
newest »
newest »
Mod
Do you recall whether it had a dust jacket or was the cover illustrated (i.e. the hardback cover printed) in the same style as the illustrations within?
And do you remember whether it was an American or British imprint?
Kris wrote: "L, you mentioned the illustrations are full-color and done by the same artist. Are the illustrations: simple or detailed, realistic or cartoon-like, painted watercolors or bold graphics? Do they re..."They were detailed, well rendered, kind of between realistic and cartoon. Nothing was too bold; if I had to guess from memory it seemed more like colored pencil or maybe pastels - very soft and smooth. To a degree Beatrix Potter comes to mind (though it's definitely not her work) - same kind of gentle quality, though with more full backgrounds and shading. The style is the main thing I wanted to see again, since I remember it so fondly (and I'm hoping that it holds up once I do find it).
Val wrote: "Do you recall whether it had a dust jacket or was the cover illustrated (i.e. the hardback cover printed) in the same style as the illustrations within?"I'm not sure if it had a dust jacket, but the illustration on the cover was definitely the same style as the rest inside. I don't remember the book having any interesting texture itself.
I don't know if it was American or British, unfortunately. I'd guess American?
Hi, some suggestions - based on your description of the vintage (some of these are actually older but have been reprinted) and the illustration style - that might help...
The Boswell books certainly have Beatrix Potter-style anthropomorphic animals and I'm sure one of them contains The Three Little Kittens.
The illustrations by artist Gyo Fujikawa are certainly rich and detailed.
This one certainly has Beatrix Potter-like mice.
The Golden Books Family Treasury of Poetry is possibly one of the most enduring of children's poetry anthologies.
The Baxter collection is popular in the UK and has been reprinted many times.
Maybe one of the covers might ring a bell...
Jon wrote: "Hi, some suggestions - based on your description of the vintage (some of these are actually older but have been reprinted) and the illustration style - that might help..."Sorry, I might've been a bit misleading saying Beatrix Potter - it definitely wasn't vintage, it just had a similar soft feel to it. To me, the style (from what I remember) definitely feels like it could've been from the '90s to the early 2000s (but no later than 2005). None of those seem right to me...
My mom found it! The book is Side by Side: Poems to Read Together by Lee Bennett Hopkins (illustrated by Hilary Knight).Thank you everyone!
Mod
What's the Name of That Book???
Books mentioned in this topic
Side by Side: Poems to Read Together (other topics)New Treasury of Children's Poetry (other topics)
The MacMillan Treasury of Poetry for Children (other topics)
The Children's Classic Poetry Collection (other topics)
Treasury of Poetry (other topics)
More...
Children's poetry anthology, in which every poem got a full page or two of illustration. All of the illustrations are in the same style/by the same artist; they don't change from poem to poem. I remember them being very smooth, full color - lots of children and anthropomorphic animals.
The only two specific poems I remember being in it are Three Little Kittens and The Walrus and the Carpenter. Other illustrations I more vaguely remember are a kid doing ballet, possibly dancing behind a sheet to show their silhouette. Some of the characters from the poems show up later on, like the kittens.
The book seemed large to me at the time, though I was a kid so it's hard to tell. It was a smooth hardcover book, somewhere around 10 - 12 inches tall.