Sea creatures lounge in an underwater living room on old sofas and easy chairs. Tiny green people live on the backs of sea turtles in cities made of seashells. He has the film developed, and the photographs reveal eye-popping secrets about life in the ocean. A boy on a beach finds an antique underwater camera that has washed up to shore. I'm still a fan of Jeannie Baker's, but Window was depressing (probably intentionally so).Īlmost everything by David Wiesner is fantastic, and this is my favorite of his wordless books. Instead of seeing an urban neighborhood change for the better, we watch as his rural home gradually succumbs to suburban sprawl. This time it's a little boy who grows to adulthood. I recently acquired Window, another wordless book by Jeannie Baker in a similar style. The concept Balloons (Novelties) represents the subject, aboutness, idea or notion of resources found in. The girl has married the boy next door, and together they will open a native plant nursery. Here, the tree has matured, and the space has become a pocket of green. Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Preiss Glasser, You Cant Take a Balloon into The Metropolitan Museum (New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, 1998) As a librarian in Nolen Library, I see and meet many kids during their trips to The Met. In this detail, we see the neighbors planting a tree in the empty lot across the street.
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