A Farmer's Alphabet

Zusatztext Praise for A Farmer's Alphabet : “No matter where children live – on a farm, in the suburbs or the city – they will love this handsome book.”— Smithsonian Magazine “A beautiful gift; a treasure to own.”— The Boston Globe “Each page is a frameable work of art.”— American Library Association Booklist “Azarian eschews the merely cute or quaint, creating a loving memorial to a way of life.”— School Library Journal Informationen zum Autor Mary Azarian grew up on a small farm in Virginia, where she had horses, rabbits and chickens. After graduating from Smith College, where she studied printmaking with Leonard Baskin, she moved to a farm in northern Vermont. There she taught for four years in one of the last one-room schoolhouses in the state. She has been a full-time printmaker since 1969. Her books include A Farmer's Alphabet and the Caldecott Medal-winning Snowflake Bentley . Klappentext Before she became a Caldecott medalist, Mary Azarian was a teacher in one of Vermont's last one-room schoolhouses. In the late 1970s, the state board of education commissioned her to create "a farmer's alphabet," a series of bold red-and-black woodcut prints featuring the 26 letters, A to Z, and depicting scenes from Vermont life. Zusammenfassung An alphabet book of woodcuts featuring activities and objects associated with New England farm life, from Apple, Barn, Cow through aX, Yawn, Zinnia.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Azarian
• Assisted by: Mary Azarian (Illustration)
• Publisher: GODIN
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 6
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2004
• EAN: 9780879233976
• ISBN: 978-0-87923-397-6
• No. of pages: 32
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 330 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Learning; USA, Vermont, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Agriculture, United States of America, USA