Wildflower ABC: An Alphabet of Potato Prints - Softcover

Pomeroy, Diana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0606209921 ISBN 13: 9780606209922

Publisher: Demco Media

Synopsis

Presents potato-print illustrations for wildflowers for every letter of the alphabet, with all sorts of information about each flower.

About this title

About the Author:

DIANA POMEROY lives in Leaburg, Oregon.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K. A companion to One Potato (Harcourt, 1996), this lovely creation shows even more artistic accomplishment in its intricately detailed renderings of flowers that often look as though they have been pressed into the pages rather than stamped on them. Pomeroy has evolved the simple potato print of the preschool classroom into a unique art form that is all her own. The fine detail that she includes, her exceptional blends and shadings of color, and the rainbow palette of the borders result in a stunning presentation. Each full-page illustration is printed on a stark white background, the colorful border leaving a half-inch wide white band around it. The flower prints often twine around and over their colored borders, seemingly growing right off the page. The flower name and corresponding letter of the alphabet (capital and lowercase) are shown in large type. The final two pages include brief information about each flower. A book for beginning readers this is not; many of the appellations (some of them scientific names) are difficult to pronounce and will be unfamiliar to most youngsters. Buy the book anyway. Inventive parents and teachers will see it as a stepping-stone to art projects, nature lessons, and folklore. Flower lovers will delight in using it to teach the sounds of the alphabet: "R is for R-R-R-Rudbeckia."?Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Demco Media
• ISBN 10: 0606209921
• ISBN 13: 9780606209922
• Binding: Paperback