Author: Joyce Sidman
Illustrator: Pamela Zagarenski
Genre: Picture Book
Sub genre: Poetry
Theme: Discovering the magic of the seasons through colors
Primary and secondary characters: A child and a puppy named pup
Awards:
2010 Caldecott Honor Award
Claudia Lewis Poetry Award
Minnesota Book Award
Cybilis Poetry Award
Horn Book Fanfare
Bulletin Editor's Choice
CCBC Choices 2010
New York Public Library's "100 Titles for Reading and Sharing"
ABC "Indie" Best Book
Junior Library Quild Selection
Publication Date: 2009
Publishing Company: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
This is truly a one of a kind book. The illustrations are absolutely beautiful and the words are so poetic. The book goes through each season and describes the different elements of that season by using colors. For instance when it describes spring big sun instead of ever saying sun it says yellow. This book could read to younger children or used for older children. If you want your children to really put their imaginations to work then this book is the perfect thing to help!
This book could be used to teach younger children their colors, although I think that they would not understand the concepts in the book. Since this book is written in a poetic way describing daily life in colors, older children could use this as a basis to write a description of their life through colors. This could be used in a writing curriculum as a creative writing assignment. This assignment would help students to view their lives from a different perspective. After everyone has finished their essays or poems, the teacher could host a poetry read for students to read their work in front of the class.
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