Watersong
No. of pages 32
Published: 2017
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This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.
There are 32 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 2017 by Simon & Schuster .
Richard Smythe graduated from an Illustration master's degree in 2010. Since then, he has worked with Simon & Schuster, Walker Books, Faber & Faber, Little Tiger Press and Frances Lincoln. He loves illustrating animals, inventing characters and telling stories. Tim McCanna is the author of Bitty Bot , Bitty Bot's Big Beach Getaway , and Watersong , which was called a "joyful, gorgeous book" by Booklist . When he's not writing books for children, Tim enjoys volunteering for SCBWI and taking trips to the beach. Tim has worked in advertising, written musicals, and played accordion in several bands before becoming a children's book author. He lives in San Jose, California, with his wife and two kids. Visit him at TimMcCanna. com.
Tim McCanna's language is both melodious and spare, with only a few evocative words on each page ("squish squelch glop") that capture both the diversity of water sounds and the music of language. Richard Smythe's ravishing illustrations mine the depths of grays and blues, zooming in to watch a mouse duck for shelter and then whirling to the sky to show the fox tracking an inundated stream. . . . Watersong [is] the rare book that can satisfy toddlers and bigger kids at the same time.--USA Today "April 16, 2017 "
The rhythm of nature and the beauty of a rainfall and its aftermath suffuse this simple story, as enticing pictures and rhyming language encourage readers to follow an orange fox. Padding through the marsh, the fox passes animals of the wetlands. A lush vocabulary of onomatopoeic sounds abound: ducks "splish splosh swish slosh," dramatic white rain droplets "drip drop, plip plop," and the rushing river goes "trickle dribble gurgle burble babble bubble." As the fox hurtles down the river--"POP!"--it goes down a cascade in the rapids and ends up in a log, as leaves and branches swirl in the wind. Finally, with a glorious "whoosh sigh," a dazzling rainbow appears. The fox finds its family and joyfully leaps through the sparkle and glitter. Full-color spreads in realistic watercolor depict a changing landscape and the plant and animal life of the watershed. The afterword gives information on the aquatic ecosystems, the progression of the water cycle, and the habitat of the omnivorous fox. A joyful, gorgeous book.
--Booklist "December 16, 2016 "