1001 Words - Hardcover

Pienkowski, Jan

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679870067 ISBN 13: 9780679870067

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1995

Synopsis

Illustrates the most useful words for children, for both speaking and vocabulary building, with each spread covering a simple concept, from bedtime to travel

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-K?Pienkowski's colorful illustrations are not enough to carry this British import. Loosely organized by themes such as food, garden, fun and games, school, town, transport, sea, sky, and country, each double-page spread has a multitude of separate, rectangular, bright pictures that pull the eye every which way. One's immediate impression is "too much!" Youngsters will have trouble focusing in on one image?and when they do, they may find that the label isn't quite right. For instance, on the "pets" page, the word "paws" is under the dog's tail. The word "tail" is not included, and "sheepdog" is under the boy beside the dog. On the "travel/transport" page, there are 3 long pictures extending across both pages, with a total of 45 labels. The number of words would lead readers to think absolutely everything depicted has been identified, but that is not true. There are several instances where English or European terms will puzzle American children. Although the format suggests a very young audience, topics such as "rain forest" and words such as "galleon" and "orb" are not typically used by preschoolers. The Sesame Street Dictionary (Random, 1980), The American Heritage Picture Dictionary (Houghton, 1994), and Lucille Ogle and Tina Thoburn's The Golden Picture Dictionary (Western, 1989) are more satisfactory first books of words.?Peg Glisson, Dewitt Road School, Webster, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Ages 2^-4. This handsome, oversize wordbook introduces very young children to objects and situations within their immediate worlds or in faraway places. The book starts with a "good morning" picture and ends with a "good night" picture, and the topics in between include school, family, town, travel, and holidays as well as less concrete subjects such as feelings and "getting better." Set against shiny white backgrounds, borderless blocks of different sizes and shapes contain bright, bold depictions of both familiar and new objects, identified in black type. In contrast, the endpapers are black with white printing; pictures on these pages are free-flowing and more fanciful (unicorns, dragons, and jewels). A visual treat to share with preschoolers or to use with ESL students. April Judge

Edition details

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0679870067
• ISBN 13: 9780679870067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 40