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Overview
A moving and beautifully illustrated book about summer on one special island.
Bestselling author Patricia MacLachlan teams up with her daughter Emily to create this evocative story of a boy and his dog, waiting for summer, waiting to learn from the artists who come to his island. With beautiful paintings by Katy Schneider, this book captures those perfect moments that only summer in a place that you love can offer.
Several artists who paint different things, with different kinds of paint, and at different times of the day, all paint the same island that they visit each summer.
Synopsis
A moving and beautifully illustrated book about summer on one special island.
Bestselling author Patricia MacLachlan teams up with her daughter Emily to create this evocative story of a boy and his dog, waiting for summer, waiting to learn from the artists who come to his island. With beautiful paintings by Katy Schneider, this book captures those perfect moments that only summer in a place that you love can offer.
Publishers Weekly
In a starred review, PW said, "This elegantly conceived picture book explores an artist's process through the eyes of a boy living year-round on an island that attracts painters in the summers." Ages 4-8. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
Publishers Weekly
In a starred review, PW said, "This elegantly conceived picture book explores an artist's process through the eyes of a boy living year-round on an island that attracts painters in the summers." Ages 4-8. (May) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
From the author of Sarah, Plain and Tall comes a picture book that makes the reader want to pick up a paintbrush and start to paint all the things he sees around him. Through the eyes of a young island boy, we are introduced to the painters who invade his island for the summer. We see the painter of faces, landscapes, animals, and seascapes. As the little boy learns to take note of everything and everyone around him, he is finally able to do what he has been unable to do before, and that is to paint the wind. When he paints the bending trees as they lean against the strength of the wind, he captures the image that has eluded him. The illustrations here are beautifully done, as though the brush has just been laid down. This is a good story for a child who is quiet and introverted, to share with him an outlet for creativity. It will help the child who is noisy and rambunctious learn how to become an observer of life. 2003, Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins Publishers,— Joyce Rice