libraryrobin's review against another edition
3.0
Rhyming couplets feature the actions of animals and insects around a pond on a cold night.
amydieg's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly I don't live the art on these, I think the animals can look a bit creepy. But the tone and rhythm are great.
jasmynek75's review against another edition
3.0
In the Small, Small Pond is a Caldecott Honor Book about all the sounds, animals, and bugs that a frog sees and hears while swimming through a small, small pond.
Caldecott books are awarded for their pictures. The pictures in the book are beautiful. All the animals, bugs, and plants look realistic. They are also very colorful, but in a realistic way. The pictures take up the whole page, there are no white spaces. The colors are also blended together very well. The water is a blend of blue and green. The plants are a blend of light green and dark green. The mud is a blend of black and brown.
Children will like this book because of the colorful, beautiful, and realistic pictures. They will also enjoy the flow, alliteration, and rhyming of the book.
Caldecott books are awarded for their pictures. The pictures in the book are beautiful. All the animals, bugs, and plants look realistic. They are also very colorful, but in a realistic way. The pictures take up the whole page, there are no white spaces. The colors are also blended together very well. The water is a blend of blue and green. The plants are a blend of light green and dark green. The mud is a blend of black and brown.
Children will like this book because of the colorful, beautiful, and realistic pictures. They will also enjoy the flow, alliteration, and rhyming of the book.
jembrickner's review against another edition
3.0
Great book for starting a conversation about a pond habitat. Love the illustrations.
calistareads's review against another edition
3.0
A colorful beginning book about a pond. Each page has 3 to 4 words on it. We are shown the life of a pond cycle. The artwork is very colorful and bright. It’s a good mood book.
The niece rolled her eyes at this. It’s too young for her and she is tired of these young books. The words rhyme, but the nephew couldn’t read all the words. He needed help. The niece gave this 1 star and the nephew was sort of bored to and he gave this 2 stars.
I graduated high school the year this was published. That is such a strange thought.
The niece rolled her eyes at this. It’s too young for her and she is tired of these young books. The words rhyme, but the nephew couldn’t read all the words. He needed help. The niece gave this 1 star and the nephew was sort of bored to and he gave this 2 stars.
I graduated high school the year this was published. That is such a strange thought.
rachelkril's review against another edition
4.0
In Denise Fleming's, "In the Small, Small Pond," readers follow a curious frog through the pond to learn about different animals living there. With bright and interesting illustrations, readers learn about tadpoles, dragonflies, herons, muskrats, and more. This is a rhyming books that doubles as a fun informational books about different animals found in ponds.
I remember looking through this book in my classroom as a child and how much I loved the pictures - this still holds true. The illustrations make me want to stare at the book forever and the fun rhyming words introduce new vocabulary to readers. It was also a fun game of "hide and go seek" with the frog.
I would connect this to other books about animals and their habitats, as well as rhyming books.
This is a great mentor text for writing poetry - I would use to give examples about writing about nature, animals, or what we see. I would also use this as a way to show different ways to align text on a page, since words are found sideways, diagonal, or up in the air. This is great for showing students how to use their words in an interesting way, especially when pairing it with illustrations.
I remember looking through this book in my classroom as a child and how much I loved the pictures - this still holds true. The illustrations make me want to stare at the book forever and the fun rhyming words introduce new vocabulary to readers. It was also a fun game of "hide and go seek" with the frog.
I would connect this to other books about animals and their habitats, as well as rhyming books.
This is a great mentor text for writing poetry - I would use to give examples about writing about nature, animals, or what we see. I would also use this as a way to show different ways to align text on a page, since words are found sideways, diagonal, or up in the air. This is great for showing students how to use their words in an interesting way, especially when pairing it with illustrations.
luann's review
4.0
Very colorful illustrations! I like them a lot. Young readers would enjoy looking for the frog in each picture. This reminds me of another Caldecott Honor, [b: Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems|725805|Song of the Water Boatman and Other Pond Poems|Joyce Sidman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1348354548s/725805.jpg|712021] by Joyce Sidman, only for much younger readers.
whiskersonkittens's review
4.0
Pond life prep for winter in this book with simple text and vibrant pictures.