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Red Sings from Treetops: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner

Joyce Sidman

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Honor Book:Caldecott Medal -Picture Book (2010)
Nominee:Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award -Grades K-3 (2011)

With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman's poetry brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. In this Caldecott Honor book, illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretations go beyond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Clarion Books
  • Publish Date: Apr 1st, 2009
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 10.10in - 10.30in - 0.40in - 0.95lb
  • EAN: 9780547014944
  • Recommended age: 04-07
  • Categories: • Concepts - Colors• Concepts - Seasons• Concepts - Senses & Sensation

About the Author

Sidman, Joyce: -

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today's foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com

Zagarenski, Pamela: - Pamela Zagarenski is the winner of two Caldecott Honors. The books she has illustrated have also been Booklist Editor's Choices, Horn Book Fanfare and Bulletin Blue Ribbon books, winners of Bank Street's Claudia Lewis Award, and translated into many languages. As well as illustrating picture books, she creates paintings and has a gift card line. She lives in Connecticut. Visit her online at pzagarenski.com, on Instagram @sacredbee, and Twitter @sacredbeez.

Praise for this book

A 2010 Caldecott Honor Book

"It's wonderfully strange to read of colors with sounds, smells and tastes."--New York Times Book Review

"A charming inspiration to notice colors and correlate emotions"--Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"This book has a freshness and visual impact all its own, and it will inspire a rainbow of uses."--The Bulletin, starred review

"Sustaining the playfulness of the text and its sense of awe, mystery, and beauty, the illustrations contribute gracefully to the celebration."--Horn Book, starred review

"As the title implies, the colors that surprise on every page, do sing."--Booklist, starred review
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