Shadows - Hardcover

Sayre, April Pulley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805060596 ISBN 13: 9780805060591

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2002

Synopsis

Two friends find that shadows are all around them.

"My friend catches
my shadow's hand.
Hand in shadow
we walk the sand."

Dragonflies zip by with their shadows behind them. Toe shadows wiggle along the bottom of a creek. In the shadow of a tree lurks delicious cool shade.

On a long sunny day, two friends search for shadows and discover the hidden delights of the everyday world.

Lush, sun-soaked illustrations and poetic text capture the childhood delights of a summer day.

About this title

About the Author:

April Pulley Sayre has written several books for children, including Army Ant Parade, Home at Last, and the Exploring the Earth's Biomes series. She lives in South Bend, Indiana.

Harvey Stevenson has illustrated many books for children, including the best-selling As the Crow Flies. He lives in Paris, France.

From Publishers Weekly:

From the beach to the ballfield and back again, a boy and girl search for shadows on a sunny summer day in Sayre's (The Hungry Hummingbird) warm-hearted ode to friendship and the simple pleasures of the season: "Searching for shadows we run, hop! stare... at lots of shadows here and there." Stevenson's (As the Crow Flies) thickly applied acrylics, steeped in the glow of amber light, picture the friends one dark-skinned, one light as they push their bicycles aside and run toward the ocean. The rhythms emulate the narrator's observations, from the darting motions in nature ("Dragonfly shadows zip and pop. Running horse shadows never stop") to the humor to be found at the ballfield ("A man keeps a shadow under his hat"), while the artwork zeroes in on the winged dragonfly and pulls back to create depth on the baseball diamond. In a roundly satisfying conclusion, the end of the day finds the friends at rest under a tree, making twin shadows with their toe-touching feet: "I think I like these shadows best." Ages 3-7.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0805060596
• ISBN 13: 9780805060591
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Stevenson Harvey