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PreS-Gr 3 Through the seasons, this book personifies colors, starting with a red bird in early spring and concluding with it as winter ends. "In SPRING, /Red sings/from treetops: /"cheer-cheer-cheer", /each note dropping/like a cherry/into my ear." At first Green is shy, but in summer "Green is queen." "In fall, Yellow grows wheels/and lumbe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A poet known for multilayered explorations of nature (Song of the Water Boatman & Other Pond Poems, rev. 5/05) rejoices here in the way colors, and how we perceive them, change with the seasons. In spring, shy "Green peeks from buds / trembles in the breeze," while "Yellow shouts with light!" and "holds hands" with purple in the "bright velvet faces [of] first flowers." Summer's blu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sidman rejoices in the way colors, and how we perceive them, change with seasons. In spring, shy "Green peeks from buds" whi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Poet Joyce Sidman introduces young readers to the observational powers of poetry in this meditation on seasons and color. The vibrant hues she describes come alive: green “peeks from buds” as yellow and purple “hold hands.” Sidman encourages readers to use all their senses to investigate the images. Surprisingly, a book about color is equally concerned with sound. Young readers and listeners will delight in the “cheer...Log In or Sign Up to Read More