Oxford English Dictionary

Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2009
Unpaged
Ages 4-8 years

Choose one word to describe this glorious Caldecott Honor book.  What would it be? Joy! Illustrator Pamela Zagarenski and author Joyce Sidman engage all five of our senses as they lead us on a breathtaking journey that compels us to experience the four seasons through the colors that define them.

The book jacket material informs us that both Zagarenski and Sidman favor green as their color of choice.  This fondness becomes apparent as we see the “greens” and read: Green is queen in summer. Green trills from trees, clings to Pup’s knees, covers all with leaves, leaves, leaves!  How can Green be so many different Greens?

How, indeed?

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