In the Yard (Compass Point Early Readers) - Softcover

Rau, Dana Meachen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756510317 ISBN 13: 9780756510312

Publisher: Compass Point Books, 2002

Synopsis

As the seasons change, a family shares both fun and chores in their yard.

About this title

About the Author

Dana Meachen Rau is an author, editor, and illustrator of children’s books. She has written more than 100 books for children, many of them nonfiction in subjects including astronomy, history, and geography, as well as numerous biographies. She lives in Burlington, Connecticut, with her husband and two children.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 1--In a mere 32 words, a young girl describes how she and her parents work and play in their yard throughout the year. Textual predictability comes from the story's seasonal changes and alternately rhyming sentences. Wolf's realistic, double-page landscapes are cheerfully colored with bold oil pastels depicting this African-American family tending their large, gently rolling yard or relaxing in their cozy home. Strong pictorial clues are provided for most sentences. "Sun shines./Grass grows./I weed./Dad mows" features the narrator in the foreground weeding the flowerbed and Dad in the background pushing the lawnmower, while Mom comes out with glasses of lemonade. A solid choice for beginning readers.

Laura Scott, Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, MI

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Edition details

• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756510317
• ISBN 13: 9780756510312
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Wolf Elizabeth
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 24