Welcome to Day 19!
I’m following up yesterday’s wordless with another wordless one today.
I bought this book at Hicklebee’s after getting it from the library.
I actually bought two copies; one for me and one for my niece.
See, my niece lives on the other side of the US.
In the hometown I grew up in.
Let’s just say, there aren’t many waves there.
But where I live?
Heck, I can walk down the street and play in the waves.
I love body surfing,
boogie boarding,
surfing,
or just plain jumping in to the waves.
So I wanted my niece to be able to see what waves are like
where Aunt Kathy Ellen lives.
What a perfect book to show her!
Title: Wave
Published by: Chronicle Books, 2008
Written by: Suzy Lee
Illustrated by: Suzy Lee
Word Count:0
Pages: 40
In one word: Playful
In one sentence: A little girl enjoys her day at the beach and has all interactions possible with the ocean and its giant blue watercolor waves.
Favorite pages:
Likes:
- I love the size of the book. Long and not so tall.
- It’s great that there are no words; her experience with the waves is made more fun because we can interpret what she’s saying anyway we want!
- the waves! the blue! the illustrations are amazing!
- I love how she brings some blue back when she leaves the ocean 🙂
Learns:
- One little experience can be an entire story.
- Books involving nature are always fun.
- a wave can be a character!
Whew.
That’s all for today.
I did get to watch some waves out by the ocean today
while I celebrated with a friend in the sunshine.
It’s hard to stay indoors in CA; I may not make it here as a writer!
How’s Saturday going everyone?
See you tomorrow!
Since it’s a multiple of 5 day, it’s a giveaway day too!
Until then,
KE and SS
I miss the waves of CA, too!
I read The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle, very imaginative and great for preschoolers.
Today I read T. REX by Vivian French, illustrated by Alison Bartlett. Published by Candlewick Press 2004. I always like to see how NF authors approach material. I liked her approach with a repeating, but slightly variant, phrase on every spread: Don’t you know? Why don’t you know? It was millions and millions of years ago!
I’ll have to look this one up because my son is dinosaur obsessed!
Today I read Big, Mean, Mike by Michelle Knudsen. It was adorable! I loved the contrasting illustrations with Mike being drawn with hard, strong lines and the bunnies being drawn with fuzzy, faint lines. It’s also a great story for boys to read so that they can see that it’s ok to like things that aren’t traditionally “boy” things.
Ooooooo, love the pics you posted. I want so badly to hold that book in my hands and look at the illustrations.
I also read a wordless book today. BLUEBIRD by Bob Staake, 2013, Schwartz & Wade Books. I liked the artist’s style and the page layouts. Pics are in black, white, grays, and blue throughout until the end of the book. I had some trouble interpreting some of the frames, and I felt at times there were unnecessary illustrations, which slowed the story down.
The story begins with a young boy, a loner, walking to school. It’s clear that two other boys don’t like him — yes, bullies. A bird befriends the boy, and off the story goes, showing how their relationship grows over the course of an afternoon. The ending is predictable, so I was disappointed by it, but others will find it satisfying, I’m sure.
I read Mr Wuffles. Wow! Just Wow! For a book that is wordless, it has quite a story to tell.
“Willow” by Denise Brennan-Nelson and Rosemarie Brennan. Illustrated by Cyd Moore. Interesting book!
Day 19 I read Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos, illustrated by Joy Ang.
I picked this off the new shelf at the library after seeing it mentioned here. The concept is cute and it’s funny to see a baby sporting different mustache styles. The ending seemed just a little rushed, and seemed to set up characters for a sequel more than to resolve the current storyline. I’m sure this will be a popular baby shower gift book!
Wave is my favorite “beach read.” I read the wordless FLORA AND THE FLAMINGO by Molly Idle, about dancing, admiration, and friendship–fun lift the flaps, too!
Today, I read TEDDY’S SECRET HALLOWEEN by Gerlinde Wiencirz. This book is 868-words and it is about a Teddy bear who wanted to attend his owner, Paul, Halloween party.
Clever Teddy, with some help from a rabbit, an owl, a mouse, a fox, and some chickens, comes up with a wonderful costume that keeps Paul and his guests guessing who the mysterious stranger is.
I like the illustration. Since it was 868-words, and the target for picture books are under 500-words, I looked up the year it was published. It was published in 2001. I liked this book.
Today I read Clever Jack takes the Cake by Candace Fleming and illustrated by G. Brian Karas. The princess has invited the entire realm to her 10th birthday but what will Jack give her since he is but a poor peasant? He decides to bake her a cake and during his long journey to the castle his cake is attacked by birds, shared with a troll, and devoured by a bear. What will he give the princess now? I love how this story was told. I really felt for Jack since he worked so hard to make the cake. It does have a feel good ending.
I adore this book. The first time I read it–maybe back in 2008?–I must not have been ready for it because I didn’t get all the fuss. But now I think it’s just incredible. This, and her SHADOWS book.
Around this day I read LESTER’S DREADFUL SWEATERS which I actually picked up in L.A. (and got signed!) but completely forgot about until recently. I guess that’s what happens when you go a little book crazy and them promptly unpack when you get back home. I adored the looseness and quirkiness of his illustrations.