The Best Toy of All - Hardcover

Fran Manushkin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525448977 ISBN 13: 9780525448976

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1992

Synopsis

Because of their ability to become a swing, a whale, a horse, and a sled, Mama and Papa are the best toys of all

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K-- Kids and toys are naturals together, and this unusual approach to the concept of play will delight both youngsters and parents. Divided by the seasons, the book shows four different children with toys at a park, a beach, and in a room. But the best toy of all always turns out to be each child's parents. The short, rhyming text features one line per spread and the recurring refrain--``guess who's the best . . . of all''--always has an emphatic ``Mama!'' or ``Papa!'' at the end. Full-color watercolor illustrations featuring roly-poly, multiethnic kids and parents are similar in style to the work of Karen Gundersheimer. Each picture is surrounded by a half-inch colored border that sometimes has faint patterns appropriate to the time of year. In addition, Ballard makes one color dominant for each section, which helps to delineate the time frame. The small size and details in the scenes make this best for one-on-one sharing. Both poem and art feature a successful weaving together of a number of ideas: seasons, families, toys and playing, love. --Marge Loch-Wouters, Menasha Public Library, WI
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0525448977
• ISBN 13: 9780525448976
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240