Title: All The World
Author: Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrator: Marla Frazee
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Year of Publication: 2009
Genre: Picture Book/ Poetry
Horn Book/Kirkus Reviews: Horn Book Review: 1 and Kirkus Starred Review
Summary: With lyrical text, this charming book takes the reader through a journey to see what families do throughout the world on a typical day.
Summary of Professional Reviews: While reading the Kirkus Review, I was able to see the book through another perspective. It said that, "An occasional grumpy child and wailing baby prevents idealization, but it's hard to imagine a cozier and more spacious world." It is true that the story creates a world that everyone can picture. The Horn Book explains that "Scanlon's rhyming text has a child-friendly simplicity around which Frazee's illustrations build a satisfying narrative." Both reviews enjoyed different aspects of the book.
Review by Lauren Miller:
This book created a very nostalgic feeling for me. It reminded me of many things I used to do as a child. The author was trying to say that the world consists of places to see, things to do, and people to meet. The rhyme scheme helped the story flow nicely. The words felt as simple as the pictures. The author stated in the beginning of the book that the illustrations were created with a black pencil and watercolors. Some of the illustrations were on a double-page spread to show the importance and size of certain objects in the picture.
This book would be useful when teaching:
Author: Liz Garton Scanlon
Illustrator: Marla Frazee
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Year of Publication: 2009
Genre: Picture Book/ Poetry
Horn Book/Kirkus Reviews: Horn Book Review: 1 and Kirkus Starred Review
Summary: With lyrical text, this charming book takes the reader through a journey to see what families do throughout the world on a typical day.
Summary of Professional Reviews: While reading the Kirkus Review, I was able to see the book through another perspective. It said that, "An occasional grumpy child and wailing baby prevents idealization, but it's hard to imagine a cozier and more spacious world." It is true that the story creates a world that everyone can picture. The Horn Book explains that "Scanlon's rhyming text has a child-friendly simplicity around which Frazee's illustrations build a satisfying narrative." Both reviews enjoyed different aspects of the book.
Review by Lauren Miller:
This book created a very nostalgic feeling for me. It reminded me of many things I used to do as a child. The author was trying to say that the world consists of places to see, things to do, and people to meet. The rhyme scheme helped the story flow nicely. The words felt as simple as the pictures. The author stated in the beginning of the book that the illustrations were created with a black pencil and watercolors. Some of the illustrations were on a double-page spread to show the importance and size of certain objects in the picture.
This book would be useful when teaching:
- about rhyming words. The teacher could highlight the words that rhyme to show how words have the same endings.
- about the five senses. The students could read the book and then make a list of what they could hear, smell, see, touch, and taste.