Red Sings from Treetops

Lovely poetry about the colors and changes in the seasons. I love the play of colors with emotions. The art work is worthy, it just doesn't do a whole lot for me. Joyce goes through the seasons picking out colors. For winter, a page states grey and brown are all that's left. Very true. She also talk......more

This book is truly creative and unusual in a very good way. I admit it took me several pages to get used to the illustration of the person/queen? Then, I grew fond of all the illustrations. So unique! While this is free form poetry story of the passing of the seasons honors the joys of each season, m......more

As a child I had many favorite books and it was only when I got older that they crystallized in my brain enough so that I could chose a “favorite”. But if you asked me today what book I loved more than any other, I don’t think I’d be too off-base when I said it was Tasha Tudor’s A Time to Keep. Now......more

It's official. I'm falling in love with children's poetry. This book is wonderful. I am now inspired to read all the Caldecott books. I know I won't love them all, but this is a gem and I hope I will discover more.......more

Poet Joyce Sidman and artist Pamela Zagarenski, who previously collaborated on 2007's This Is Just to Say: Poems of Apology and Forgiveness, joined forces once again in this lovely picture-book, which was chosen as a Caldecott Honor Book in 2010. An exploration of the seasons, and the colors tha......more