Little Acorn Grows Up

by Edward Gibbs (Artist)

Overview

Little Acorn Grows Up is a sweet, simple tale that explores themes of growing up and nature from author/illustrator Edward Gibbs.
Features:Read Aloud functionality [where available]
Book Description: In this companion book to Little Bee, Little Acorn proves that great things come in small packages as it grows from a tiny nut to a big tree that shelters its forest friends.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316247245
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/02/2013
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	20
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Edward Gibbs studied illustration and graphic design in New Zealand before moving to London, where he has worked as a graphic designer for over twenty-five years. His love of nature and the animal kingdom inspired him to write and illustrate I Spy With My Little Eye, Little Bee, and Little Acorn Grows Up.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Little Acorn Grows Up:


* "[A] charming exploration of color...Gibbs's lightly caricatured and exuberantly inked animals have personality to spare as the book moves steadily toward its comforting conclusion."


—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Gibbs's charming book benefits from his use of varied media."—New York Times

From the Publisher

"Gibbs's charming book benefits from his use of varied media."

New York Times

Mouse, squirrel, bird, rabbit, boar and deer all wonder what an acorn will become, and it promises to feed and shelter these animals once it is grown. Each critter, arriving on the scene in profile, greets the acorn on a double-page spread and asks, "Little acorn, little acorn, what will you be?" The answers that the acorn gives, in a loose rhyme scheme, vary slightly, but its response to the boar is the most creative: "Someday I'll be a great big tree, and my bark will scratch your back." The last few pages show the acorn growing into a tall oak and fulfilling its pledge to the animals. Against swathes of green representing a grassy landscape, Gibbs' creatures, which look to have been created with watercolor and ink, are comically droll and add energy to the staid subject matter. Attached to the cover are two unnecessary felt leaves, thus making the book "Not suitable for children under 3 years old," as the very tiny fine print on the back of the book notes. As was also the case with Gibbs' Little Bee (2012), which had fabric wings on the cover, this choking-hazard gimmick makes the book unsafe to use with the typical board-book audience of babies and toddlers and severely limits the age range with which this title can be shared. Unfortunate and inappropriate. (Board book. 3-4)

Kirkus Reviews