Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Scholastic Trade
Date Published: 1991-04
ISBN-13:9780590448536ISBN:0590448536
Description: Very Good. First Edition. Very nice paperback. Has some light scyffing of the spine. Otherwise very light shelf wear on the corners. Minor litle marks on back cover. Inside is clean. Lots of beautiful illustrations. Clean and bright text. Very nice! Careful packaging and fast shipping. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Date Published: 1993-11-01
ISBN-13:9780440408307ISBN:044040830X
Description: Like New. 2004, New Dell Droagonfly Books ed. PB. Excellent condition. Looks unread, like new other then personal inscription on 1st blank page. Winner of Caldecott Medal! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Doubleday
Date Published: 1946
Description: Acceptable. Hardbound book with PICTORIAL DJ under old mylar. Ex-Lib copy, rounded edges. Reader Copy only. Has seen lots of little readers. A book in acceptable shape has flaws. An acceptable book is one I consider to be important even in this state, or consider it to be limited as to how many copies are still out there! : ) read more
Description: Illustrated by Weisgard, Leonard. Very Good; 2001. 044040830x. Almost like new condition. Very lightly handled. Unmarked.; Softcover; Dragonfly Books; NY; Tenth Printing; 0.2 x 8.8 x 7.1 Inches; 48 pages. read more
"I really loved the beginning and ending of this book--a loving look at a little island as if told by a poet and naturalist. The seasons change, different flora and fauna cover the island, etc. The mid-section with the little kitten that comes to the island is just too didactic and out-of-place for me, though. The bit about the kitty being an island--yet the island being connected to the world--and about the meaning of faith--just don't seem to fit the rest of the story and seemed, dare I say it, just a bit odd. Of course, I appreciate the underlying message it just felt like two different stories and was a bit, um, odd. But, that is only my personal taste as I know this is a much-beloved story and the illustrations are definitely worthy of the award."
""No man is an island," said John Donne, and no island is an island either. In The Little Island, the Caldecott-award-winning book authored by Margaret Wise Brown, a little Island speaks to a black Kitten, and tells the Kitten that it, too, is connected to the earth, down under the sea. But, still, the sea is a barrier to those that walk on land. The Kitten can only visit the Island via boat, and returns to the mainland after spending some time with the Island and its creatures. The Island is connected yet separate.
Ms. Brown's book visits the Island in spring, summer, autumn, and winter, in fair weather and foul. She describes the plants growing on the island and the animals that live or visit there, and makes my heart ache with the beauty of it all.
Every time I read a book about an island or set on an island, I want to be there. I want to stand on the shore and dip my toes in the water and look back across the bay at the mainland. And that is what Ms. Brown's book so beautifully evokes: the desire to be alone and apart, and yet a part of everything surrounding. I don't suppose I'd really want to live alone on an island that is small enough to make me acutely aware of its island-ness, but I certainly would want to spend some time there, before returning to my family and home.
I must say a few words about Leonard Weisgard, the illustrator. The Caldecott is awarded yearly to the artist of the best picture book, so it is Mr. Weisgard who was awarded the Caldecott, not Ms. Brown. I love his drawings. They are beautifully simple, and yet each of his plants and and animals is immediately recognizable as having a distinct genus and species. There is no generalized "flower," but forget-me-nots and violets that grow on the pages of Mr. Weisgard's books."
"Learning about the little island from the island's perspective is a different approach here. The descriptions of plant and animal life through the seasons (and a storm--my favorite illustration in the book) are simple for young children to understand."
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