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Do you know which ones will grow? / Susan A. Shea ; paintings by Tom Slaughter.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781609050627 (hc.)
- ISBN: 1609050622 (hc.)
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
- Edition: 1st edition.
- Publisher: Maplewood, NJ : Blue Apple Books, 2011.
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| Subject: | Growth > Juvenile fiction. Toy and movable books > Specimens. |
| Genre: | Stories in rhyme. Lift-the-flap books. |
| Topic Heading: | Lifttheflap. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Westcoast Early Learning Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Other Formats and Editions
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westcoast Early Learning Library | SHEA 2011 (Text) | 35200000717194 | Childrens Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dauphin | E SH (Text) | 35419002173277 | Easy Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-04 |
| Fort St. John Public Library | E SHE (Text) | 35211000097834 | CHILDRENS Picture Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-06-04 |
| Grand Forks | REF E SHE (Text) | 35142002431566 | Reference | Not holdable | Available | - |
| Hudson's Hope Public Library | FIC E SHE (Text) | BHH035085 | Kids Room | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | CHP SHE (Text) | KPL97089 | Children's Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Lochside Elementary School | TR E SHE (Text) | 21050000288118 | Teacher resource | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Nelson Public Library | E SHE (Text) | 3514830022740 | Picture Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Prince Rupert Library | JP Shea (Text) | 33294001735356 | Juvenile Picture Books | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-15 |
| Prospect Lake Elementary School | PB FIC SHE (Text) | 21050001202118 | Picture Books | Volume hold | In process | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2011 May #2
This playful picture book asks children to consider which things grow and which stay the same. The rhyming text pairs two choices on each double-page spread. Lifting the large, die-cut flap on the right-hand page reveals the answer. The questions suggest analogies, but their absurdity is often amusing: "If an owlet grows and becomes an owl, / can a washcloth grow and become . . . lift up the page flap a towel?" After posing a series of questions where the answer is inevitably no, Shea turns the tables by asking, "If a joey grows and becomes a kangaroo, / can a baby grow and become . . . pull down the page flap you?" Slaughter's striking illustrations, collages of solid-color and painted papers, use simple forms and bold colors to create animals and objects that are easy to identify. With its eye-catching design and interactive text, this picture book is fun to read aloud and fine for introducing science units on the concept of living and nonliving things. Copyright 2011 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2011 Fall
"If an owlet grows and becomes an owl, / can a washcloth grow and become..." With the flip of a flap, readers fill in the blank: "a towel?"; in the art, a die-cut panel showing a washcloth across a bathtub's edge opens onto a beach scene. The blissfully simple concept yields consistently snappy rhymes enhanced by clever paper engineering. Copyright 2011 Horn Book Guide Reviews. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2011 April #1
Shea's children's-book debut is a clever, rhymed test of kids' notions of living and nonliving things that's great for both lap and group sharing. "If you look around you'll see, / Some things grow, like you and me... / Do you know which ones will grow? / Think, then answer yes or no." What follows is a terrific interplay of rhyming questions and cunningly designed gatefold illustrations: "If a calf grows and becomes a cow, / can a shovel grow and become.../ a plow?" The left side pictures the cows, while the right-hand page shows a huge shovel and pail. A flip of the fold reveals the corner of the shovel becoming a part of a truck-mounted plow. Other rhymes include duck and truck, bear and chair, cat and hat, goat and coat, towel and owl, snake and cake, pig and rig, fox and clock and kangaroo and you. The final two pages summarize the answers, still keeping the rhythm and rhyme. Slaughter's illustrations bring pop art to mind: vivid reds, blues, yellows and greens, few details, simple backgrounds and blocks of color. Many of the objects are cut-paper silhouettes against a painted background. Between its allure as an audience-participation read-aloud and its numerous classroom uses (living/nonliving, analogies, rhymes, spelling rules, baby animal names, creative thinking...) clear a space on the shelves for this one, even though it may never be there for long. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2011 March #4
Slaughter's brightly colored cut-paper shapes and newcomer Shea's verse recall favorites of 50 years agoâa feeling reinforced by this book's matte pages, blocky images, and fun-to-flip gatefolds. "If a duckling grows/ and becomes a duck,/ can a car grow and become..." reads the text on facing pages; children will be able to guess what's coming even before the gatefold opensâ"a truck?" Slaughter (Which Way?) revels in paint-box primaries, pushing reds, greens, yellows, and blues up against each other for maximum visual charge. The gatefolds break in interesting placesâhalfway down a garment hanging on a hanger, for example, turning a floral sweater into a full-length coatâand contain the occasional die-cut, too. Shea's verses scan consistently and gracefully. "YES to ducks, bears, and owls./ NO to trucks, chairs, and towels," she writes, reinforcing the idea that living things grow but inanimate objects don't. The beauty of the rhymes is that they teach a lesson children already know; children will relish the fun of being sure of all the answers, and they'll love Shea's tongue-in-cheek tone. Ages 4âup. (May)
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PreS-Gr 2âThis standout concept book is engaging, fun, and interactive. It begins by explaining that, "Some things grow/like you and me./Others stay the way/they're made./Until they crack, or rust,/or fade." Simple, spare rhyming text flows smoothly with illustrations that follow on pages that include die cuts and flaps; "If a kitten grows,/becomes a cat,/can a cap grow and become⦠a hat?" The answers are provided at the end. Layers of painted paper collage are done in a brightly colored palette, including end pages with bold paintbrush stripes in primary and secondary colors. White space is creatively used, but the flaps and die cuts steal the show. For example, the spread featuring snakes in saturated black, yellow, and green pops on the white background. A pickup truck grows to be a rig when the flap is opened. The flatbed becomes the trailer enhanced with a pattern that resembles the American flag. Readers will be challenged by the questions and some unusual words for the names of a few baby animals: a kit, an owlet, a kid, and a joey. This clever title begs for multiple readings and will be a favorite in storytimes or in one-on-one settings. Spot-on.âAnne Beier, Clifton Public Library, NJ
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