Skidamarink: A Silly Love Song to Sing Together - Softcover

Public Domain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0694015954 ISBN 13: 9780694015955

Publisher: HarperFestival, 2001

Synopsis

Cannoodle and cuddle and sing as you snuggle with this sweet book about loving -- the whole day through. Unfold the duble flaps to see the hilarious pictures of penguin intent on catching a very fetching polar bear's attention. This silly love song id guaranteed to have you and your little sweetheart singing together.

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About the Author:

public domain in law, legal availability for public use, free of charge, of materials, processes, devices, skills, and plans that are not protected by copyright or patent, including those on which copyright or patent has lapsed.
source: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright © 2001-05 Columbia University Press.

G. Brian Karas has written and illustrated several award-winning children's books, including On Earth and Home on the Bayou: A Cowboy's Story, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book. The picture books he has illustrated include Are You Going to Be Good?, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book written by Cari Best. Mr. Karas lives in Rhinebeck, New York.

From Publishers Weekly:

A clever cross between a greeting card and a novelty book, this card-stock paperback extends a heartfelt wintertime invitation to readers to snuggle and giggle together. The repeated refrain is simple: "Skidamarink a-dink a-dink,/ Skidamarink a-doo,/ I love you." The verse's elaboration on the theme may border on cliche ("I love you/ in the morning/ and in the afternoon./ I love you/ in the evening/ and underneath/ the moon"), but Karas delivers the message with a wink. The winsome illustrations and the book's double-flap folds will keep youngest readers eagerly turning the pages to see the antics of a captivating polar bear and penguin. The white, potato-shaped bear hunkers down on an ottoman ice cube "skidamarink" as the green-hatted penguin skates to the edge of the page. A single turn of the flap reveals "a-dink" the penguin nearly falling off the ice flow. A second turn of the flap finds the penguin splashing in the blue water. Skate marks extend the visual action. The lumbering bear watches the penguin twirl like a top, as if releasing pent-up feelings, and readers can see the heart-shaped path the penguin has carved into the ice. As an alternative to a Valentine or Christmas card, or as an inexpensive gift for any time, this silly, snowy book will warm hearts both large and small. Ages 2-6.

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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperFestival
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0694015954
• ISBN 13: 9780694015955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 12
• Illustrator: Karas G. Brian