Children's Fiction, Concepts
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Synopsis
Celebrate the cycle of the day, as the earth turnes to and then away from the sun, and meet a wide array of animals from America's east coast to the west as they work and rest, eat and play, just as humans do.
Jean Craighead George's lyrical greeting to the day becomes a sweeping panorama of the American countryside with Wendell Minor's evocative, dramatic paintings.
Good morning, the dawn,Newbery Medalist Jean Craighead George's lyric greeting to the day celebrates how the earth turns to and then away from the sun. Starting at dawn on the East Coast, then moving to afternoon in the Midwest, and finally evening in the West, young readers will meet a wide array of animals at work, rest, and play as the day progresses across America. With evocative, dramatic paintings by distinguished artist Wendell Minor, this stunning picture book provides a sweeping panorama of the American countryside as well as a remarkable look at how an animal's day parallels our own.
when the earth is turning from night to day and waking begins.
00 Kansas Bill Martin, Jr. Picture Book Award Masterlist
CCBC Choices 2000
Jean Craighead George's narrative of the cycle from dawn to darkness . . . is as awe-inspiring as nature itself. It is also just as paradoxical: simple yet complex, powerful yet peaceful.
Book Details
Published
May 1, 1999
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pages
32
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780060236281