Category: Children Publisher: DK, INK
ISBN-10: 0789424827
Type: Fiction
Pages: 32
Copyright: Jan 1 1998
BROTHER AND SISTER ON WEST INDIAN ISLAND GREETING EVERYTHING, LIKE BEES, ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL.
One sun, two children--and a whole day to greet and celebrate. For young listeners, a journey of hello, hello, hello to what is familiar and friendly about the family, a walk to nursery school, dinner, and dusk--in simple rhymes and paintings as sunny as the widest smiles.
Excerpt
The stars are hiding, all but one. Good morning, good morning, good morning, sun.
Greetings, sun. Greetings, breeze. Greetings, toes. Greetings, knees. Greetings, neck. Greetings, nose. Greetings, shoes. Greetings, clothes.
Professional Reviews
Kirkus Reviews
Toddlers will delight in this cheerful, colorful rhyme that is easy to remember and easy to chant...The couplets celebrate all aspects of daily life, from rituals to body parts, meals, school, and family. While the rhymes can become tongue-tangling, the appealing illustrations never falter. Saint James extends the rhyme with her distinctive paintings that turn abstract, flat shapes into expressive, gesticulating people set against solid backgrounds in complimentary colors. Action, emotion, and story are conveyed through thoughtful compositions and a grand use of vivid color.
*School Library Journal
Two children who live on a tropical island greet the objects they encounter during the course of a typical day...The simple, graphic images, painted in bright, contrasting colors, are filled with motion and energy. Saint James's faceless characters are so vivid that readers almost see their features...
The New Advocate
When the title of this book was announced, one of our kindergarteners asked, "What does greetings mean?" His friends were quick to explain, "It means welcome and hello." Students appreciated that the cover of the book reads, "Paintings by Synthia Saint James" because they like knowing about the illustrations before opening a book. In this rhyming picture book, a brother and sister greet the world, get ready for school, enjoy good books and appreciate family time. An important message about the power of reading shines through. Family and school are clearly valued as well. The cheerful paintings are quite in sync with this upbeat story which ends the way it begins, "The stars come out, all but one. Good night, good night, good night, sun. Greetings, moon. And now we're done...until it's time to greet the sun."
