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Birdsong: A Story in Pictures: TOON Level 1


School year: Year 1, Year 2

No. of pages 60

Published: 2016

Great for age 5-8 years

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Bring the thrilling story of one red bird to life. When an innocent bird meets two cruel kids, their world is forever changed. But exactly how that change unfolds is up to you, in the tradition of KamishibaiJapanese paper theater. The wordless story by master cartoonist James Sturm is like a haikuthe elegant images leave space for children to inhabit this timeless taleand make it their own, leading them to learn an ultimate lesson they'll never forget.James Sturm is the author of several books for kids including the Adventures in Cartooning series (with Andrew Arnold and Alexis Frederick-Frost) and the forthcoming Ape and Armadillo. James also helped start a college for cartoonists, The Center for Cartoon Studies, in the small railroad village of White River Junction, Vermont.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-1st grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 5-6 years.

There are 60 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2016 by Raw Junior LLC .

James Sturm is the co-founder of The Center for Cartoon Studies where he currently serves as the school's director.

 

Kirkus Reviews' Best Picture Books of 2016 Horn Book's Recommended Picture Books: Wordless Picture Books "A gorgeous wordless book with a snappy mood that seems to explicitly invite out-loud storytelling." - New York Times "For all its simplicity, an episode rich in drama, humor, pathos, and thematic depth with plenty of latitude for verbal embellishment."- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW "Full of open-ended questions for readers to consider, it's a haunting study in both empathy and storytelling itself." - Publishers Weekly "Sturm's masterful grasp of the sequential art form is wonderfully on display here." - Booklist "Skillfully hand-inked and emotively colored." - The Horn Book Magazine