Morning, Sunshine!
$32.92
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
24 March 2020
Summary
Kids who are up early in the morning can learn about predawn animal activities in rural, suburban, and urban settings with haiku, informative text, and a glossary!
As we all wake up, the outside world bustles with life! Discover new facts about familiar creatures-from fluttering moths and scurrying beetles to shy foxes and humming bees-as they go about their morning activities. In the city, the countryside, and the suburbs, nature can be found everywhere!
A series of haiku tak…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781623173852 |
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| ISBN-10: | 162317385X |
| Author: | Keely Parrack, John Bajet |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 24 March 2020 |
| Weight: | 472g |
| Dimensions: | 254mm x 254mm |
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Critics Review
“Haiku and fun facts! Delightful illustrations! This book is a gem.”
—Tim McCanna, author of Watersong and In a Garden
“From the first thread of daylight to a full burst of sun, children will enjoy stepping through morning dewdrops by way of joyful illustrations and artful haiku.”
—Meg Fleming, author of Here Comes Ocean and Sometimes Rain
“Morning, Sunshine! is both beautiful and educational. I pored over Parrack’s haiku and all the fascinating facts about our natural world. This book is an inspiration for all.”
—Cindy Derby, author of How to Walk an Ant
“This collection of nature haiku is a warm, tidy package of words and images that will brighten your day.”
—Sue Fliess, author of Flash and Gleam: Light in Our World and The Princess and the Petri Dish
About The Author
Keely Parrack
KEELY PARRACK came from the UK to the USA for fun twenty years ago, and liked it so much she’s still here, doing what she loves best- writing poetry, picture books, and young adult novels, and motivating kids to love reading and to be confident creative writers. As a freelance writer her work has been published in The Christian Science Monitor, The Contra Costa Times, Patch, Spider Magazine, and Mothering.com, and her short story “Listening to the Leaves” appears in the anthology, Simple Pleasures of Friendship- Celebrating the Ones We Love, Conari Press, 2003, (under the pen name Keely James). Previously she’s been a science and language arts specialist and class teacher at an elementary school in inner city Nottingham, UK, a Child Center Director in San Francisco, and the Co-Regional Advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators, San Francisco North & East Bay. Parrack now fills her time working for her local indie bookstore, tutoring kids in creative writing, and designing haiku cards for her friends and family. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her husband, son, and a very demanding cat.
JOHN BAJET is currently a designer on the Cartoon Network Show, Tom & Jerry, and Art Directing at Renegade Animation, as well as the illustrator for Baby Shark, Planting Seeds of Kindness, If We Can Do What Animals Do, and Bigger Than Baseball.
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