Copyright Date:
2018
Edition Date:
2018
Release Date:
04/24/18
Pages:
1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN:
1-419-72832-6
ISBN 13:
978-1-419-72832-7
Dewey:
E
LCCN:
2017948543
Dimensions:
19 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
Carter completes his round of seasonal tributes with pop-up sprays of luscious-looking small fruits, garden bounty, and bright flowers. As before, the locale is a generalized western United States, and both early- and late-season flora and foliage are on display in the same scenes. Along with lots of labels for the neatly limned animals and vegetation in each broad, idyllic landscape—from a "cedar waxwing" nibbling on a "cherry" to the marbled-paper "chickens" pecking beneath a tree heavy with ripe apples—he adds leading questions ("Who eats the flowers?" "Who looks like a stick?") to invite closer looks. Frisky "chipmunks" are named in the first tableau, then visible without an identifier in each of the following five for younger viewers to point out. Highlighted by a spiraling cucumber vine that turns the vegetable garden into a convincing tangle, the pop-ups are simple and (relatively) sturdy but rear gracefully to surprising heights considering the volume's small trim size.Skimpy with just six spreads but, like its companions, a simple, serene seasonal posy. (Informational pop-up picture book. 3-5)
Just in time for summer, this is the fourth and final book in the David Carter pop-up book series about the seasons. Each spread has a brief verse and depicts flora and fauna commonly found during the summer months. Pictures of strawberries, tomatoes, chipmunks, and more are labeled with simple text, making the book easy for very young readers to understand and enjoy.