Denise Fleming''s book gives young readers a frog''s-eye view of
life in a pond throughout the seasons.
In the Small, Small Pond is a 1994 Caldecott Honor
Book.
內容簡介:
* "The animals and insects that live on and in frshwater pond
wiggle, waddle, hover, swoop and swirl through the stunning
spreads... Young children are introduced to the basic habits of
common North American wildlife and the characteristics of chanigng
seasons even as they are treated to an array of zipper verbs."
--Publishers Weekly, starred review
* "Another truly stunning picture book from Fleming.... A perfect
book for toddlers at story time." --School Library Journal, starred
review
* "[A] perfect introduction to nature for the very young." -
Kirkus Reviews, pointer
關於作者:
Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many
children’s books, including In the Tall, Tall Grass,
Shout! Shout It Out!, and Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy. She
won a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. Denise
published her first painting in the third grade, when she started
taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings
was chosen to be the cover of a teacher’s magazine. She now works
primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through
hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.