Red Sled - Softcover

Thomas, Patricia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1620915928 ISBN 13: 9781620915929

Publisher: Astra Young Readers, 2013

Synopsis

Dad + lad + red sled = magic! In this warm story, a boy and his father venture outside for a winter night of sledding. Climbing aboard their red sled, they zoom down the hill under a starlit sky before—with spirits lifted high—returning home for a mug of hot chocolate. Patricia Thomas's loving story, affectionately illustrated by Chris L. Demarest, is told with utmost simplicity in rhyming pairs of words.

About this title

About the Author:

Patricia Thomas is the author of "There Are Rocks in My Socks," Said the Ox to the Fox, illustrated by Mordicai Gerstein, and "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!" illustrated by Wallace Tripp. She is senior writer and editor for Marywood University and lives in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Chris L. Demarest has written and illustrated many books for children, including No Peas for Nellie, Benedict Finds a Home, and Clemens' Kingdom, all Junior Library Guild selections. Among his other titles are Firefighters A to Z, a New York Times Best Book for Children, and My Little Red Car, a Parents' Choice Award winner. He lives in New Hampshire.

From Booklist:

A dad, a lad, and a red sled are the just-right combination for a story-poem about a father-son nighttime sledding adventure. The minimal text is mostly comprised of two rhyming words per page that set the stage and describe the action: “Sad lad. Sad dad. Fat hat. Knit mitt. Still hill. Far star. Snow aglow.” The bright, loosely rendered watercolor illustrations embellish the spare text adding a few details here and there, for example, a rabbit witnessing the action and kittens sharing the cozy scene after the sledding adventure. In a short author’s note, the reader is informed that this was inspired by an ancient form of writing called chiasmus that creates a mirror image with words flowing toward a center point and then reversing. The entire 70-word text of the story is then repeated on the page in a sort of concrete poem format to illustrate the connection. This romp can be enjoyed by the youngest listeners, beginning readers, and older children learning various forms of writing. Preschool-Grade 2. --Randall Enos

About this edition

• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1620915928
• ISBN 13: 9781620915929
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Demarest Chris L.