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Title: Mathilda And The Orange Balloon
Written By: Randall de Seve
Illustrated By: Jen Corace
Balzer & Bray, Feb. 2010, Fiction
Suitable For Ages: 3-7
Themes/Topics: imagination, be yourself/individuality
Opening: "Mathilda's world was small. Here's what was in it: Green grass. Green barn. Gray skies. Gray stones. Gray sheep."
Brief Synopsis: Mathilda lives in a small, familiar world, which is all very nice, until one day she spies an orange balloon. She is captivated, and she believes that she can be an orange balloon too!
Links To Resources: Preschool lesson plan for the color orange; learning activities for the color orange; preschool lesson plan for sheep; pair this book with other sheep books like Sheep In A Jeep by Nancy Shaw and discuss how the sheep in the books are alike and different; pair this book with other imagination books like Harold And The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson and discuss how Mathilda uses her imagination compared to how Harold uses his.
Why I Like This Book: This book is just darling! Mathilda is so delightful, so cheerful, so optimistic and imaginative and determined. "What is a balloon?" she asks, and when the others answer that it is round and it flies, Mathilda (who is a gray sheep) shows them that she too is round and can fly. "What is orange?" she asks, and when the others answer that it is fierce like a tiger, warm like wool, and happy, she shows them that she is all those things too. The art and the text are simple and sweet, and the message that you can be anything you want if you believe in yourself is one that is near and dear to my heart (since it is the same message that Punxsutawney Phyllis has :)) And I just have to share my favorite line from the story when Mathilda first catches sight of the orange balloon: "Mathilda had never seen anything so magnificent." :)
For the complete list of books with resources, please visit Perfect Picture Books.
PPBF bloggers, please be sure to leave your post-specific links in the list below so we can all come visit you and enjoy your selections for this week!
Have a great weekend, everyone! I guess we will all be working on writing our fairy tales... wink wink nudge nudge... right??? :) (For March Madness Writing Contest guidelines go HERE.)
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By: Jenny Miller,
on 10/21/2011
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Mom, all dolled up with an up-do and red lipstick, suggests Gibbus swing from the rafters like a good little vampire. But Gibbus is a big boy now and he's got his eye on his stuffed gargoyle Werner.
By: Laura,
on 7/29/2011
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By: Laura,
on 5/24/2011
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By: Annette,
on 2/10/2011
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Published by Balzar + Bray An Imprint of Harper Collins 2010/32 pages/for ages 3-6
Link for the book @ publisher:
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/books/Mathilda-Orange-Balloon/?isbn13=9780061726859&tctid=100
Young Matilda is a gray sheep. Her small world appears to be gray or green. One day she spots an orange balloon and then wishes to become one herself!
The story of Mathilda is about imagination and the possibilities of dreams.
Orange is my least favorite color, yet it is a color that you cannot miss. For Mathilda orange is so radically different than her blah or bah world! The orange color catches her eyes and her imagination.
I felt this was a good story to open up the eyes for a young child to their own environment, to make them more attentive to what is going on around them. A fluffy sheep seems to be such a docile and dim animal, yet gentle for a child.
The illustrations are simple and focused on the sheep, little color is used except in the bold orange.
Blissful Reading!
Annette
By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 4/28/2009
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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 11/15/2008
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By: Bianca Schulze,
on 1/6/2015
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By: Miss O,
on 8/24/2014
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Telephone Wires With Birds on Top?
Not unusual in the City!
There is a new book called Telephone by Mac Barnett and Illustrated by Jen Corace that uses this idea to tell a delightful story. The book takes a spin on the old childhood game called Telephone where children whisper a message and it usually gets all mixed up.
In this book the author and illustrator have created colorful birds and fun messages. The Mama bird starts the message by telling a red birdie - Tell Peter: Fly Home For Dinner.
The message continues from bird to bird and bird and gets a little more mixed up each time.
The question is can the correct message reach Peter? Children will enjoy this title and will probably want to play a game of telephone just like the birds.
Pick up a copy on September 9. On a side note check out the Bird Call Lady who knows 146 bird calls.
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By: Susanna Leonard Hill,
on 3/14/2014
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Would someone please tell me how it got to be Friday?
Seriously! Where did this week go? I am still somewhere back around midday Monday...
But since the rest of the world seems to agree that it's Friday, let's have a Perfect Picture Book, shall we?
Written By: Randall de Seve
Illustrated By: Jen Corace
Balzer & Bray, Feb. 2010, Fiction
Suitable For Ages: 3-7
Themes/Topics: imagination, be yourself/individuality
Opening: "Mathilda's world was small. Here's what was in it: Green grass. Green barn. Gray skies. Gray stones. Gray sheep."
Brief Synopsis: Mathilda lives in a small, familiar world, which is all very nice, until one day she spies an orange balloon. She is captivated, and she believes that she can be an orange balloon too!
Links To Resources: Preschool lesson plan for the color orange; learning activities for the color orange; preschool lesson plan for sheep; pair this book with other sheep books like Sheep In A Jeep by Nancy Shaw and discuss how the sheep in the books are alike and different; pair this book with other imagination books like Harold And The Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson and discuss how Mathilda uses her imagination compared to how Harold uses his.
Why I Like This Book: This book is just darling! Mathilda is so delightful, so cheerful, so optimistic and imaginative and determined. "What is a balloon?" she asks, and when the others answer that it is round and it flies, Mathilda (who is a gray sheep) shows them that she too is round and can fly. "What is orange?" she asks, and when the others answer that it is fierce like a tiger, warm like wool, and happy, she shows them that she is all those things too. The art and the text are simple and sweet, and the message that you can be anything you want if you believe in yourself is one that is near and dear to my heart (since it is the same message that Punxsutawney Phyllis has :)) And I just have to share my favorite line from the story when Mathilda first catches sight of the orange balloon: "Mathilda had never seen anything so magnificent." :)
For the complete list of books with resources, please visit Perfect Picture Books.
PPBF bloggers, please be sure to leave your post-specific links in the list below so we can all come visit you and enjoy your selections for this week!
Have a great weekend, everyone! I guess we will all be working on writing our fairy tales... wink wink nudge nudge... right??? :) (For March Madness Writing Contest guidelines go HERE.)
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By: Jenny Miller,
on 10/21/2011
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Written by Leslie Muir
Illustrated by Jen Corace
Atheneum, 2011
$15.99, ages 4-8, 40 pages
When a little vampire wiggles out his baby fangs and sees the tips of big ones coming in, he flaps his wings in glee. Now, at last, he can bite something.
And not just anything. Gibbus Moony wants to sink his teeth into a nice juicy neck. The problem is, necks aren't what Moonys bite -- unless they're those of pears.
"We're fruit suckers, my boy," corrects Grandpa Waxing Mooney, a Wilfred Brimley-like fellow in an argyle-print sweater. "and proud of it."
That means, according to his prim-dressed Dad, Moonys are nectarians. "Not to be confused with those other vampire relatives," he adds, referring to portraits of caped bloodletters on the wall.
But as Gibbus flaps around in his cape, he hears only what he wants to hear, and adds a "k" to "nec" in nectarian. "I'm a necktarian!" he cries, dashing off to find his first victim.
Mom, all dolled up with an up-do and red lipstick, suggests Gibbus swing from the rafters like a good little vampire. But Gibbus is a big boy now and he's got his eye on his stuffed gargoyle Werner.
Jumping into his toy box, Gibbus pounces on Werner and begins to gnaw away at his stitched neck. "Stop chewing on your toys," Mom interrupts in a frantic tone, just as Werner has grown soggy.
Like a puppy with an insatiable need to chew, Gibbus bites into the first things he sees. He chomps into the family album, even goes after the family's Stradivarius, as strings pop off and curl.
However, none of those things satisfy Gibbus's longing. What he really wants is to tip-toe up on something that's alive and attack it. Then he sees Grandpa snoozing on the lounger.
By: Laura,
on 7/29/2011
Blog: the pageturn (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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It’s time for School Library Journal‘s annual TRAILEE AWARDS!
Between now and August 31st, 2011, you can nominate book trailers (posted between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011) in the following categories:
- Publisher/Author for elementary readers (PreK-6)
- Publisher/Author for secondary readers (7-12 grade)
- Student created for elementary readers (PreK-6 grade)
- Student created for secondary readers (7-12 grade)
- Adult (anyone over 18) created for PreK-12 grade
- Educator/Librarian created for PreK-12 grade
Check out the website for a list of criteria, instructions on how to nominate videos, and a list of the selection committee members.
Naturally, we have many book trailers that we particularly love. Here are some of them:
PERFECT SQUARE by Michael Hall
POSSESS by Gretchen McNeil (on-sale 8.23.11)
THIS PLUS THAT by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illustrated by Jen Corace
Which book trailers have you created or seen that you’ll nominate for the awards?
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By: Laura,
on 5/24/2011
Blog: the pageturn (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: book reviews, Books, Reviews, Kirkus, Authors, Picture Books, Videos, math, blogs, Booklist, book trailers, Illustrators, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, BCCB, A Year of Reading, Jen Corace, starred reviews, Blogs and bloggers, Literacy and Laughter, Memorial Hall Library, The BK Club, Add a tag
Don’t listen to us gab about the newest picture book from Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace…check out the three starred reviews for THIS PLUS THAT!
“Teachers could use the book, perhaps paired with Betsy Franco’s picture book Mathematickles! (2003), to introduce math equations or to inspire students to create their own verbal equations. But first, just read this unusual book aloud and let it work its magic.” ~ Booklist (starred review)
“Clever premise + artful execution = sure winner.” ~ Kirkus (starred review)
“Corace’s tidy figures echo with prim grace the gentle theme of the book, that life can be parsed into the simplest terms that recombine to create something joyous.” ~ Bulletin for the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
Check out the adorable book trailer:
And check out these other great reviews:
A Year of Reading
Literacy and Laughter (look how she used it in the classroom!)
The BK Club (the Children’s Room at Memorial Hall Library)
By: Annette,
on 2/10/2011
Blog: A Garden of Books (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
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Link for the book @ publisher:
http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/books/Mathilda-Orange-Balloon/?isbn13=9780061726859&tctid=100
Young Matilda is a gray sheep. Her small world appears to be gray or green. One day she spots an orange balloon and then wishes to become one herself!
The story of Mathilda is about imagination and the possibilities of dreams.
Orange is my least favorite color, yet it is a color that you cannot miss. For Mathilda orange is so radically different than her blah or bah world! The orange color catches her eyes and her imagination.
I felt this was a good story to open up the eyes for a young child to their own environment, to make them more attentive to what is going on around them. A fluffy sheep seems to be such a docile and dim animal, yet gentle for a child.
The illustrations are simple and focused on the sheep, little color is used except in the bold orange.
Blissful Reading!
Annette
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By: Bianca Schulze,
on 3/8/2010
Blog: The Children's Book Review (Login to Add to MyJacketFlap)
JacketFlap tags: Imagination, Birds, Art, Animals, France, Spring, Sheep, Insects, Geese, Picasso, Elizabeth Alexander, Jen Corace, Carin Berger, Ages Four to Eight: Books for pre-school to second grade, Book Lists: Specialty picks, Ages Baby to Three: Books for infants and toddlers, Seasonal: Holiday Events, Marjorie Priceman, Picture Book - Wordless, Randall de Seve, Freindship, Jennifer Christie, Joan Yolleck, Joung Un Kim, Nancy Tarfuri, Rabitts, Add a tag
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Spring just may be my favorite season. The following books are a great representation of this sweet and thriving time of year.
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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 4/28/2009
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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 11/15/2008
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