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Zusatztext "Pretty brilliant." Informationen zum Autor Jack Prelutsky is the best-selling author of more than fifty books of poetry, including The New Kid on the Block , illustrated by James Stevenson, and Stardines Swim High Across the Sky , illustrated by Carin Berger. Jack Prelutsky lives in Washington State. Carin Berger is an award-winning designer and illustrator. Her cut-paper collages are made using ephemera, such as catalogues, old books, receipts, letters, and ticket stubs. In a starred review, Kirkus said of her Forever Friends , “Sophisticated, sensitive, and accessible, this picture book will offer new insights and pleasures with each season.” The Little Yellow Leaf was a 2008 New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books selection , and in starred reviews, Publishers Weekly called her A Perfect Day “lovely” and her Finding Spring “exceptional.” She is also the illustrator of the acclaimed Stardines Swim High Across the Sky and Behold the Bold Umbrellaphant , both by Jack Prelutsky, among other books. She lives with her family in New York City. www.carinberger.com Klappentext The poet, author, and indomitable naturalist Jack Prelutsky, having returned safely from far-flung places with an extensive collection of unique creatures that are a blending of the animate and inanimate, has worked in close collaboration with the fine artist Carin Berger, who herself conducted considerable field operations in preparing Mr. Prelutsky's specimens for exhibition and publication. While many creatures (two dozen species in all) were discovered and recorded and their precise qualities examined, we are presenting sixteen here for the first time and for the enjoyment and education of the general public. Zusammenfassung Beloved and bestselling poet Jack Prelutsky and New York Times Best Illustrated artist Carin Berger team up to create a new collection of silly! strange! and sensational animal poems! Told through couplets and visually arresting shadow boxes! dioramas! and cut-paper collage! Stardines Swim High Across the Sky evokes both natural history museums and wild and silly fantasy. "The zoology may be suspect! but the laughs are guaranteed."— Publishers Weekly Sixteen extraordinary imagined creatures inhabit the pages of this unique! inspired! humorous picture book ideal for sharing together! and for reading again and again. Jack Prelutsky reinvents many familiar and beloved animals by combining inanimate objects with them (so! for example! a pair of pants and an anteater become a panteater ). Carin Berger's illustrations are showstoppers. Her shadow boxes and dioramas utilize vintage type! ephemera! and such elements as ribbon! cards! buttons! and wood and bring the animals to life. Read it aloud! read it together: this is a catalog of effervescent silliness and will undoubtedly inspire young poets and artists alike. "The total effect is both whimsical and fascinating! with rich language in the poems and unexpected objects in the pictures to return to over and over again.'— The Horn Book ...
