One Springy, Singy Day

by Renée Kurilla, Renée Kurilla (Illustrator)

Overview

One Springy, Singy Day is a vibrant, joyful story that follows a diverse cast of young children as they play throughout their day. Inspired by author-illustrator ReneÌ?e’s own “busy bee” two-year-old, this love note from parent to child illustrates the wondrous and boisterous adventure of raising a springy, singy, squeezy toddler.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683359388
Publisher:	Abrams
Publication date:	03/02/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	27 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Renée Kurilla has illustrated several books for children including Chicks Rule! and Chicks Rock! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, Right This Very Minute by Lisl H. Detlefsen, My Pet Slime series by Courtney Sheinmel, and the Ada Lace series by Emily Calandrelli. She both wrote and illustrated One Springy, Singy Day and The Flower Garden. Kurilla lives in the woods just south of Boston with her illustrator husband, Keith Zoo, and their daughter, Zoey. One Upside-Downy Day was inspired by growy, throwy, showy Zoey and is a love letter to every kiddo who shows grit and resilience while making it through to the other side of a tough day. Learn more about her at kurillastration.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Lively illustrations give oodles of discussion topics, making this a book young children will love listening to over and over."—Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2020-12-25
Page after rhyming page, playful words dance from beginning to end in this read-aloud for the very young.

“Stretchy / yawny / wide awake at dawn-y.” Waking with a morning stretch, one child starts the action as different children are shown throughout a day full of inside and outside activities. According to the second-person text, each child is “a buzzy, busy bee” until they fall into bed, “comfy, cozy” at the end of the story. The diverse cast of young children interact with one another in scenes brimming with exciting details. As the day moves from morning to evening, the journey includes a summertime backyard garden, a cheery, toy-filled playroom, a make-believe theater complete with an audience of stuffed animals, and the craft room in a library. Children will enjoy the singsong pace of the text as they follow the characters from place to place. Little ones can point out familiar events (pre–Covid-19, that is) such as going to the market and stopping at the playground on the way home. The endpapers are just as much fun as the book. Seventeen colorful miniscenes are packed with whimsies of their own. This bonus gives extra material for making up even more stories to entertain wiggly preschoolers. (This book was reviewed digitally with 9-by-18-inch double-page spreads viewed at 75% of actual size.)

Lively illustrations give oodles of discussion topics, making this a book young children will love listening to over and over. (Picture book. 2-5)

Kirkus Reviews