One Lighthouse, One Moon - Hardcover

Lobel, Anita

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688155391 ISBN 13: 9780688155391

Publisher: Greenwillow Books, 2000

Synopsis

Here, in one book, are the days of the week, the months of the year, the four seasons, the basic colors, and an exciting counting adventure -- all conceived, staged, and presented by the incomparable Anita Lobel. You can savor each of the three stories separately or think of them as three acts in one play. However you do it, a standing ovation is guaranteed!

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About the Author

Anita Lobel's name is synonymous with the best in children's literature. She is the creator of such classics as Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, and she received a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in On Market Street. She is the creator of two books about her cat, Nini, One Lighthouse, One Moon (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and Nini Here and There. Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Anita Lobel lives in New York City.

Anita Lobel's name is synonymous with the best in children's literature. She is the creator of such classics as Alison's Zinnia and Away from Home, and she received a Caldecott Honor for her illustrations in On Market Street. She is the creator of two books about her cat, Nini, One Lighthouse, One Moon (a New York Times Best Illustrated Book), and Nini Here and There. Her childhood memoir, No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War, was a finalist for the National Book Award. Anita Lobel lives in New York City.

From Publishers Weekly

Lobel (Alison's Zinnia) covers the days of the week, the months of the year and a nautical count from one to 10 ("One Lighthouse, One Moon") in this eclectic, quirky triptych of a picture book. A cat named Nini acts as the thread that ties them all together; she introduces each segment perched on an armchair, then sneaks into nearly every illustration as either an observer or a participant. In richly tinted watercolor and gouache paintings, Lobel rolls out the colors and the days of the week in a section titled "All Week Long," via the footwear of a girl who appears only from the knees down ("Black shoes on Monday. Red shoes on Tuesday" and so on). Each painting conveys details of the nameless girl's life: on Saturday she dances in pink ballet slippers; she wears white with her Sunday best. The opener for the progression of months in "Nini's Year" shows a 12-panel framed picture, each featuring a symbol associated with its month. The following pages elaborate on each ("In September Nini played in the autumn leaves. In October Nini posed on a pumpkin"); cat lovers will notice the physical change in Nini in December as she waits for "good things"--kittens (the fireplace mantle shows Christmas and Kwanza cards and a menorah). The three-pronged format is refreshingly different, and Lobel segues seamlessly from one theme to the next. Ages 4-up. (Apr.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0688155391
• ISBN 13: 9780688155391
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Lobel Anita