raloveridge's review
5.0
Owen’s favorite book right now. And yeah, I’m logging the books I read to my infant son. Picture books are basically where I’m at okay.
daniellesalwaysreading's review
4.0
A rhyming book with good cadence. The pictures are sweeping and the book is large so large groups can see it.
wiseowl33's review
4.0
Wow. This is such a beautiful book. From the idea to the illustrations. Lovely!
msgabbythelibrarian's review
5.0
This is an ety sweet story....lots of synonyms that shows the inner workings of life and community. And it actually works well as a board book.... surprisingly. I see why it was a Caldecott honor!
mjfmjfmjf's review
2.0
The writing is boring and trite. The art is good but not good enough to save this book. It would have been better wordless.
laurelinwonder's review
5.0
This is a beautiful little board book that is colorful and just pleasant to read aloud. I loved reading it to my babe.
kellyjcm's review
4.5
Lovely story that made me just want to hug all my family. A book I can see myself reading to my children (someday). Amazing illustrations.
mmparker's review
5.0
I love this book way more than my kid does. Beautiful art and a balm for this godawful year.
pwbalto's review
5.0
One of the things I have always thought was odd about hard-line Waldorf School philosophy - and before you email me, let it be known that I have one marvelous little cousin and one fantastic grown-up niece who are Waldorf products, and I have no problem at all giving the Waldorfers some of the credit for how beautifully they have turned out so far - but as I said, one of the odder dicta of Waldorf founder Rudolf Steiner, and he had a LOT of dicta, guy was just Mr. Ruley Rulemonger, and some schools are all like, "Yes SIR Mr. Steiner sir - we'll build our classrooms with NO CORNERS," and some schools, like my cousin's school in Hawaii, are all kind of like, "Oh yeah, but knitting? Oh, brah, it's hot here like, we don't really need knitwear. How about we teach em all how to juggle?" and that works for them.
But one of the Waldorf things is that there should be no shadows in a child's early life. And hence, there is no black crayon in the crayon box at a Waldorf school.
Actual review (as opposed to my Waldorf-inspired ramblings) on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2009/11/all-the-world-by-liz-garton-scanlon-illustrated-by-marla-frazee-review.html
But one of the Waldorf things is that there should be no shadows in a child's early life. And hence, there is no black crayon in the crayon box at a Waldorf school.
Actual review (as opposed to my Waldorf-inspired ramblings) on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2009/11/all-the-world-by-liz-garton-scanlon-illustrated-by-marla-frazee-review.html