And then it's spring
Record details
- ISBN: 1596436247
- ISBN: 9781596436244
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Physical Description:
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2012.
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Subject: | Gardens Fiction Spring Fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 4 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 4 total copies.
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | E FOGLI J (Text) | 33126017468913 | Easy | Checked out | 05/21/2024 |
Covington Branch | E FOGLI J (Text) | 33126019160666 | Easy | On holds shelf | - |
Erlanger Branch | E FOGLI J (Text) | 33126017468889 | Easy | Checked out | 05/06/2024 |
Independence Branch | E FOGLI J (Text) | 33126018548374 | JGeneral Holiday Fiction | Available | - |
- School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2012 January
PreS-Gr 2âThe lowercase letters in the title and the theme immediately bring to mind "in just spring" by e. e. cummings. That association continues while experiencing the book's economy of words and construction as a single, lyrical rumination (one initial capital letter; one concluding period). If that earlier poem celebrates the fullness of the season, this one re-creates the moment beforeâthe faith-hope-doubt-worry stage that a gardener experiences after planting: "First you have brown,/all around you have brownâ¦." A bundled and bespectacled boy, his dog, a rabbit, and a turtle, all sporting red knit hats, survey the barren soil, bare trees, and dried stalks. Stead's warm, finely textured scenes, printed from wood blocks and enhanced with pencil, are imbued with realism and quiet humor. The second-person narrative and immediately recognizable emotions pull readers close, as do the delicate details and nuanced expressions that grace the interplay between the characters and their subtly changing surroundings. Fogliano takes seriously the concerned flights of fancy a child conjures while enduring the interminable progress of a seed: "â¦maybe it was the bearsâ¦/because bears can't read signs/that say things like/ 'please do not stomp hereâ/there are seeds/and they are tryingâ¦.'" Children will intuitively relate to both the agony of anticipation and the effort of growing. This seemingly real-time experience of getting to green is a droll, wistful ode to the stamina behind wanting, will, and perseverance.âWendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library
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