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Review by Allana
Now, I'm a very big reader, and when I don't have much to do, I can read as many as three to four novels a week. So when I sat down to read the
Isle of Swords by
Wayne Thomas Batson, I was just expecting another book. Mediocre, and just a good read. But nothing that was really going to keep me turning the pages. By the end of this wonderful novels, my opinion had completely changed. It is truly one of the best I've ever had my big reading nose stuffed in. It's really fantastic. I completely engulfed it.
It is about a young girl named Anne. Her lifelong dream is to become a pirate. Her father will not let her formally join the crew, and Anne despises it. Sure, it has its occupational hazards, but she's just a strong as any of the men that work on her father's own pirate ship. But when Anne and her father's crew take a short stop on a small island, they find a wounded young man on the beach. Turns out that his name is Cat. He has amnesia. But what he doesn't know could come back to bite him.
At the same time, Bartholomew Throne is out to get Anne and her father's crew and ship. He is the self proclaimed "Most ruthless pirate sailing the seas" and he carries around a stick that he beats his crew members with. It always drips sap making it look like the stick itself is bleeding. Whether or not Anne escapes Bartholomew's wrath is for you to find out. I loved this book's element of surprise and would recommend it to any one of any age. It's great.
Recommended Age Group: Teen
Author: David Schwartz & Yael Schy
Illustrator: Dwight Kuhn
Published: 2007 Tricycle Press (on JOMB)
ISBN: 1582462070 Chapters.ca Amazon.com
Ten pleasantly familiar animals perch boldly exposed — yet cleverly concealed — in full page photographs tossing tantalizing clues to their whereabouts through an assortment of snappy, lyrical, comical and informative poems in this 2007 Cybils Non-Fiction Picture Book Award Finalist.
Click here for the Tricycle Press Reading Guide.
Pop over to Cybils Central to get the scoop on all the 2007 Cybils finalists and, while you’re there, check out the full list of non-fiction picture book nominees.
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Where in the Wild?: Camouflaged Creatures Concealed ... and Revealed
When I was young I often wished for clothing that resembled the woods around my home, largely because I wanted to win at hide and seek. I so wanted to be the last person found. Blending in with one's environment can come in handy, particularly when someone wants to make a meal of you. Camouflage is nature's way of hiding animals in plain sight. While those stripes may make a tiger stand out in his/her zoo home, they allow him/her to vanish in that stand of tall grass in the wild.
Whether it's zebra stripes, a body shaped like a stick, or fur that changes color with the seasons, an animal's ability to camouflage itself is an amazing adaptation. In this list you will find some books that will help you uncover the mysteries of this art of disguise.
- The amazing Ruth Heller wrote a series of books that examined camouflage across the animal kingdom. Titles in this series include:
- What Color is Camouflage? by Carolyn Otto - This book in the Let's Read-and-Find-Out Science series examines camouflage as an animal defense. It also looks at how camouflage helps the predator.
- I See Animals Hiding by Jim Arnosky - With watercolor paintings that demonstrate what is described in the text, this book shows readers how protective coloration, body shape, and seasonal changes in fur help animals survive.
- Where in the Wild? Camouflaged Creatures Concealed . . . and Revealed by David Schwartz - I'm crazy about the work of David Schwartz, so I was thrilled when this new title came across my desk. In it, ten photographs hold artfully camouflaged creatures. Can you find them? Lift the gatefold to find out. These amazing images are accompanied by poems that offer clues to each animal's identity and whereabouts.
- The Rainbow Tiger by Gayle Nordholm - When a tiger spies a peacock and wishes to be more beautiful, she magically turns a rainbow color. What will happen she loses her ability to disappear in the bushes?
- Swimmy by Leo Lionni - This wonderful tale describes what happens when a little black fish in a school of red fish figures out a unique way to use camouflage to protect the group.
- We Hide, You Seek by Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey - The animals in this story have convinced rhino to play hide and seek. Now, he must find them camouflaged in their natural habitats.
- Hidden Animals by Valerie Guidoux - This title from the Explore Your World series introduces and explains seasonal changes in animal color, fish and insects that look like plants, animals, insects and fish that can quickly change color, and how animals hide in plain sight.
- Clever Chameleon by Alison Lodge - Written in rhyme, this story follows a group of animals as they play hide and seek. As the story unfolds, readers will learn how animals hide and disguise themselves in different surroundings. Children will also love trying to find the clever chameleon hiding in each scene.
- Douglas Florian has produced many poetry books about animals, with some of these poems focused on camouflage. In lizards, frogs, and polliwogs you will find a poem called The Chameleon. In insectlopedia you will find two poems. One is The Io Moth, the other is The Walkingstick.
The Walkingstick
The walkingstick is thin, not thick,
and has a disappearing trick:
By looking like a twig or stalk,
It lives another day to walk.
This wraps up a lengthy series on animal adaptations. I hope you find some useful resources here. If I've missed any of your favorites, please let me know. I'd be happy to add them to the list.
This was my entry for camouflage at Illustration Friday. I like to be a little different than everyone but all I could think of was chameleons. I did some sketches of chameleons with AK-47's sneaking through the jungle but I felt like it was too cartoony for me (meaning, not cute enough). Then I noticed how tightly wound the tails were on the photos of chameleons I saw and it reminded me of a snail - I wondered what it would be like if a snail thought the same thing. I was very pleased with the idea. I had a lot of fun with the jungle too, inspired by background paintings for Disney's Tarzan.
Two things I always think a lot about when I do a piece is composition (or movement) and color. If you go to my blog and look at the pictures I've done, especially for IF, you'll see that each one has a color theme. Also, I think a lot about how things flow. Sometimes my characters will have knees but bendy-rubber arms, or visa-versa or both of one or the other. It's more about how it flows than realism or consistancy. Scroll down (or go to my blog) and see my self-portrait for Monday Artday's “My Secret” challenge. I have an arm with an elbow and an arm without. The arm with an elbow is pulled in with fingers splayed to show excitement and delight while the arm that curves up indicates grace and art. These are the things that get to me the most when I look at the work of master illustrators. I always pay attention to color and composition. When you study other's art it helps to think about how it was done but also ask yourself why the artist made the character stand that way or bend that way and think about the colors used and how it makes you feel.
Here's my slightly late illustration for this week's Illustration Friday topic "Camouflage." The tree texture came from the greatly talented Vonster! Thanks Von! Now everyone go check out his stuff if you haven't already. (click image for leafy detail goodness!)
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For those who already know him....can you find him?...I guess he thinks you can't, i'm not so sure....
Illustration Friday: Camouflage
A fast little image just so I feel I have taken part. Things have been busy around here lately, which is good but a bit tiring too. Have a great weekend everyone.
She put on her prettiest dress and hoped that someone would ask her to dance...
Tag, collage, acrylic and pencil
These illustrations are from 'THE ADVENTURES OF CALI' by Michele Lallouz Fisher, featuring my illustrations. On his flight home from California to his city apartment a young boy 'HIDES' his caterpillar friend in an airport food stand salad..... Naturally it is a bit surprising to the other passengers on the plane.
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Hi, Allana! So glad you enjoyed Isle of Swords. Kind of you to post a review on your site. Thank you.
As you might have guessed, there will be a sequel to Isle of Swords. It'll be called Isle of Fire and will release this August.
And, as my characters in my Door Within Trilogy say...
Never alone.
-Wayne Thomas Batson
Thank you so much for commenting on my review. I love any feedback you can give me. I am looking forward to your sequel to the Isle of Swords. Have a great day!
God Bless,
Allana