When the Fireflies Come - Hardcover

Jonathan London; Terry Widener

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525454047 ISBN 13: 9780525454045

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 2003

Synopsis

A perfect summer evening is made complete with the arrival of the fireflies as all the children grab their jars to collect them up before getting called home to bed and having to set them free once again.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan London is the creator of twenty-three books about lovable and enduringly popular Froggy. He is also a poet and a novelist. Jonathan and his wife live in Graton, California.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2-After a full afternoon of barbecues and badminton, children ignore the bright skies fading to twilight, playing baseball and clowning with friends until well after dark. The full-color art playfully supports a sense-ridden text-smells of torn grass as children tickle their skin with it, sights of twinkling firefly light as the insects buzz inside clear quart jars, and the sounds of crickets. Widener's full-color illustrations and London's text blend smoothly and lazily like a summer day turning into night, and the language easily switches gears from heart pumping with a beat ("We crouch and stalk and pounce") to reflective and dreamy ("Our jars are lanterns that blink. Off and on. On and off. We're sending signals to the stars and the moon"). This magical summer of fun is a slice of comforting middle-class Americana sure to evoke appreciative smiles.
Nancy Call, Santa Cruz Public Libraries, Aptos, CA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0525454047
• ISBN 13: 9780525454045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32