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Irene Haas
Margaret K. McElderry
Irene Haas
Hardcover
12 x 11 1/2 inches
26
0-689-50549-3
1997
5 - 8
1
$16.00
$12.00
Recognitions:
Why You Will find A Summertime Song
by Irene Haas Enchanting
Publishers Weekly in a starred review wrote, "An oversize, square format right away announces that this book is special, and the contents live up to the heightened expectations....Haas wraps her story up in gorgeous illustrations whose sumptuous imagery and sultry compositions virtually define romance and mystery....The art is spell-bindingly lavish....A treasure of images, this is a book to savor."
The New York Times Book Review reviewer wrote, "This is an old-fashioned, lavish, and child-friendly storybook. The format is large, the paper is creamy, and Ms. Haas's gorgeous and fully developed watercolor paintings are delicate and filled with curious details that a child can ponder during the day as well as at bedtime....Don't we need one magic night of perfect resolution, a dance in a circle where everyone holds hands? Such is the graceful dance done to A Summertime Song."
Synopsis
Summertime Song is a story of an imaginary garden birthday party where Lucy with the help of a magical birthday hat shrinks to the size of garden creatures. The party guests are Mouse, and inchworm, and a frightening huge owl. During her moonlight garden adventure Lucy finds a special keepsake of her grandmothers that has been lost in the garden for years.
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A Summertime Song may become a classic. It is an enchanting magical book of pretend for young readers. Of the 26 pages, fourteen are full-color, full-page illustrations, any of which could be framed. This is a book to be given as a gift to a special girl of 4, 5, 6, or 7.
