Spring Goes Squish! - Hardcover

Marty Kelley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1559333154 ISBN 13: 9781559333153

Publisher: Zino Press Children's Books, 2009

Synopsis

No one slanders a season like Marty Kelley. This time he goes after spring, in a hilarious rhyming tale. What's wrong with spring, you ask? As it turns out, just about everything--rain and mud everywhere, disappearing kites, runny noses (of course), and many more vernal vexations. Our heroine's problems are brought to life through onomatopoeia (Spring goes SCHLORP and GULP and EEWWW!)and Marty's charming and side-splitting full-color illustrations.

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From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Prepare for a pessimist's view of the sights, sounds, and smells of spring. From a baseball breaking a window to allergies, weekend rain, a runaway kite, and a scary thunderstorm, a wild-haired blond girl shares her less-than-thrilled impressions of the season. There are yuck moments: "I sniffle snot and blow it out," balanced by lines of sublime description, such as when a kite line "sizzles through my hands." Even if children buy into the narrator's mood, they won't be able to resist a grin thanks to Kelley's watercolors. The perturbed expressions the girl has for brilliant birds' too-early serenade and for Dad inadvertently mowing over toys are especially humorous. The varied compositions, from landscapes to a white-backed single portrait, make a most pleasing visual bouquet. For teachers, this rhyming list of complaints provides an ideal example of counterpoint when coupled with almost any other book on the season.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Zino Press Children's Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1559333154
• ISBN 13: 9781559333153
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Marty Kelley