A Weed Is a Seed - Hardcover

Wolff, Ferida

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395722918 ISBN 13: 9780395722916

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1996

Synopsis

A thought-provoking story offers children an additional perspective on the world around them, using such examples as the rain that spoils the family's picnic that also helps the crops grow, and the autumn leaves that are boring to rake that are also fun to jump on.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet Pedersen has illustrated several picture books, three of which she has also written: MILLIE IN THE MEADOW, MILLIE WANTS TO PLAY, and the forthcoming PINO AND THE SIGNORA'S PASTA (all Candlewick). This is her first book for Clarion. She lives with her husband and son in Brooklyn, New York.

From Publishers Weekly:

Optimism runneth over in this picture book about finding all the silver linings that nature has to offer. In rhyming verse, Wolff (The Emperor's Garden) points out the down side of such natural wonders as moths, sand, earthworms and air, and then extolls their virtues: "A breeze brings a sneeze/ to a sensitive nose/ that gets itches from roses and hay. / But a breeze in the trees/ and a cool lemonade/ ease the heat of a bright summer day." Readers may find themselves in the middle of a page-turning guessing game here, since positive and negative points never appear on the same spread. Debut artist Pedersen's loosely composed watercolor and ink artwork possesses a whimsical, lightly comic spirit that prevents the book from becoming overly Pollyanna-ish. An effective food-for-thought exercise inspired by Mother Nature. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0395722918
• ISBN 13: 9780395722916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1
• Illustrator: Pedersen Janet