One, Two, Three, Jump! - Hardcover

Lively, Penelope

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689822014 ISBN 13: 9780689822018

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry, 1999

Synopsis

A curious frog decides to explore the garden for a new place to play, but must avoid a number of dangers before getting to his new destination, in a fun, colorful, and repetitious book for active preschoolers. Children's BOMC.

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A sharp-eyed dragonfly looks out for a young frog, urging him to jump just in time to avoid getting stepped on or picked off by a crow, until he is safely ensconced in a little pond. Lively (Goodnight, Sleep Tight) creates a pleasing interaction of repetition and variation, and the spirited, stubborn frog hardly obeys blindly. Oversize type conveys action and vehemence. Ormerod (Ms. Macdonald Has a Class), in often close-up artwork, provides a cross-sectioned, frog's-eye-view that includes the dangers the frog does not yet see and sets blocky forms against an azure background. The watery, bright and blurred tones of the dragonfly's wings stand out against the flat, vivid colors of the other animals and environment, endowing the insect with a fairylike presence. The compositions manage to be both simple and inventive: the artist often tweaks basic geometric forms to make them into patterns of grass blades, daisies or pebbles running across the spread. The delectably bright artwork and the rapport between kindly dragonfly and headstrong little frog make this a satisfying book. Ages 2-6.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0689822014
• ISBN 13: 9780689822018
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ormerod Jan
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32