Changes: A Child's First Poetry Collection

by Charlotte Zolotow, Tiphanie Beeke (Illustrator)

Overview

First comes spring with birds building nests...
Summer with its abundance of roses...
Fall with crisp falling leaves...
and winter with bright brushes of snow.

As the seasons change, there is new beauty waiting to be discovered. Charlotte Zolotow's classic poems paired with Tiphanie Beeke's lovely illustrations make for a perfect poetry collection for every child.

Charlotte Zolotow-author, editor, publisher, and educator-had one of the most distinguished careers in the field of children's literature. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1915, Changes: A Child's First Collection of Poetry is published on the occasion of Charlotte Zolotow's 100th birthday.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492601685
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	04/21/2015
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	10.50(w) x 11.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Charlotte Zolotow-author, editor, publisher, and educator-had one of the most distinguished careers in the field of children's literature. She wrote more than seventy books, many of which are picture-book classics including the Caldecott Honor medalist Mr.Rabbit and the Lovely Present. Born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1915,

Editorial Reviews

"With signature clarity and lyricism, Zolotow captures the immensity of change in the natural world...Beeke employs color, texture and detail to realize these warm, inviting scenes and brilliantly captures Zolotow's natural wonders." - Kirkus

"The poems' brevity, repetition, and intimate focus on small discoveries, observations, and sensations make them especially well suited to readers encountering poetry for the first time... Likewise, the bright palette and cheery atmosphere of Beeke's scenery will leave children anticipating picnics, seaside jaunts, Halloween chills, and the first snow of winter." - Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

2015-02-03
A newly gathered collection of timeless seasonal poems originally published in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, with all-new illustrations.At the time of her death in 2013, the legendary Zolotow had written almost as many children's books as her 98 years. The present collection "celebrating the seasons" pairs 28 of her poems with vibrant mixed-media illustrations by Beeke. With signature clarity and lyricism, Zolotow captures the immensity of change in the natural world. They range from a spring snapshot brief and spare as "Crocus"—"Little crocus / like a cup, / holding all that sunlight up!"—to a more extended reminiscence of the comfort of being held by her mother during a "sleepless" winter's night: "I remember that night, / with the snow / white, white, white, / and my mother's arms around me / warm and tight." Beeke employs color, texture and detail to realize these warm, inviting scenes and brilliantly captures Zolotow's natural wonders, as in "Beetle," where she effectively depicts how a Japanese beetle's wings "glisten / like a small rainbow / in the sun!" with a delightfully iridescent smudge. The book's only failing is in the sad preponderance of Caucasian children depicted in its pages. Though touted as a child's "first" poetry collection, Zolotow's heartwarming seasonal verse charms all ages. (Picture book/poetry. 4 & up)

Kirkus Reviews