Round

by Joyce Sidman, Taeeun Yoo (Illustrator)

Overview

If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery—like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of years.

Whimsical and imaginative, this poetic ode to all that is round and full of wonder by the Newbery Honor–winning author and poet Joyce Sidman, with illustrations by

the two-time New York Best Illustrated Book award recipient Taeeun Yoo, inspires curiosity and wonder for this (round) little earth we call home.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780544387614
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/07/2017
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD490L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

The Newbery Honor winner and Sibert Medalist Joyce Sidman is today’s foremost nature poet for children. Accolades for her books include two Caldecott Honors, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Award, the Claudia Lewis Award, and many stars and best books lists. For her award-winning body of work, she won the NCTE Award for Excellence in Poetry for Children. She lives in Wayzata, Minnesota. Visit joycesidman.com

 

Taeeun Yoo received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts Illustration as Visual Essay program. Her first picture book, The Little Red Fish, (Dial Books, 2007), was awarded the Society of Illustrators’ 2007 Founders Award. She has received The New York Times Best Illustrated Book award twice with Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee(Feiwel&Friends, 2009) and Here Is the Baby by Polly Kanevsky(Schwartz&Wade, 2014). She has also illustrated the reissue of Madeleine L’Engle’s renowned series, The Time Quintet and The Austin Chronicles (Square Fish / Macmillan, 2007, 2008). A U.S. citizen, Ms. Yoo currently lives abroad in Korea. Visit her at http://www.taeeunyoo.com/. 

Editorial Reviews

? "Sidman delivers a captivating homage to the many round things found in nature and in the world around us . . . A lovely read-aloud to share in a story circle or in preparation for a nature walk and a perfect choice to curl up with one-on-one." —SLJ, starred review "A serene invitation to see and to think about both shape and concept."—Kirkus, starred review "A round of applause for this one."—Publishers Weekly, starred review "Each carefully written line of text shows readers how the mundane can become magical if you look closely... All of this elegant simplicity springs from the page through Yoo’s mixed-media artwork, so rich in subtle detail that children will always find one more thing to look at."—Booklist, starred review ". . .Thought-provoking and lyrical ode to nature. . ." —Horn Book —

From the Publisher

★ 2017-02-04
A celebration of all things round—mostly in nature but also beneath a cozy blanket, in a circle of friends, encircled by loving arms."I love round things," and "I love to see round things grow." With expressions of surprise or quiet pleasure in Yoo's soft, idyllic outdoor scenes, a child with East Asian features plants peas, peeks at the round eggs of a turtle and a ladybug, blows bubbles, points to tree rings and to a huge full moon. Accompanied by her youthful-looking dad (or big brother?), she carries a basket of blueberries, explores a beach, canoes past water-rounded rocks, and chucks pebbles into a pond. With five friends—each showing a different set of ethnic markers—she lies beneath autumn leaves hand in hand, heads in the center of the circle; alone, she curls up under a comforter with a pet and a picture book. The visual tally and terse commentary close with a hug and the circle-closing words "I love round things." Roundness abounds in Yoo's mixed-media prints: there are oranges, spirals on a turtle's shell, the black centers of sunflowers, the concentric rings of a stump. In two pages of backmatter, Sidman goes on to describe how roundness benefits seeds, eggs, and other living things. A serene invitation to see and to think about both shape and concept. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews