- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Tundra Books; First Edition edition (Feb 15 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0887765297
- ISBN-13: 978-0887765292
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 1 x 20.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #392,628 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From School Library Journal
K-Gr 4-In spare, poetic prose, a little girl describes what she does and what she sees in and around her seaside home. Beautiful, impressive art is the book's most stunning feature. Oil-on-Masonite paintings span one and three-quarters of a double-page spread. The realistic illustrations offer vistas of the child's surroundings, completely capturing readers' attention. The paintings have fascinating perspectives: overhead, as the girl rows her boat; a larger-than-life child's hand, showing details of seashells; and underwater, showing sunlight dappled on feet. The text, relegated to the last quarter of the page, is gently rhythmic and descriptive with the repeated refrain of "where I live." It serves as a vehicle for the artist's evocative work, narrating the pictures rather than holding much literary value in itself. However, words and images together take readers to a lovely, serene seascape and result in a lovely picture book.-Be Astengo, Alachua County Library, Gainesville, FL
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Ages 4-6. In this quiet picture book, a girl tells about the place where she lives, but only on the last page does she identify it as "the seaside." Still, children who have been to the beach (and even many who have never seen the sea) will find the clues unmistakable. The quiet text, shorter than in Hubbell's and Roosa's books, reads aloud well: "Dreary days bring drops of rain / and I read stories to pass the time, where I live." The large, close-up pictures, most effective when viewed from a little distance, are skillfully painted in oils. They are more formally composed and realistic than those in the previous titles, and their subjects are quite different: a single gull gliding across the sky, a cool view of feet under water, a lighthouse at night. The painterly style and more sophisticated appearance of the book, along with an older main character, suggest a somewhat older audience, but the book will be a satisfying mood piece to read aloud to some preschoolers. Carolyn Phelan
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Outstanding book with incredible illustrations!,
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This review is from: Where I Live (Hardcover)
This book is a must have if you have young children. Although, it gives the adult the that feeling of what it was like to be a child and exploring the world again. It portrays moments from a young childs life in vivid detail with excellent illustrations. The story is heart warming and the artwork is second to none. Frances Wolfe has a great future in writing and illustrating books such as these. Highly recommended!
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Outstanding book with incredible illustrations!,
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This review is from: Where I Live (Hardcover)
This book is a must have if you have young children. Although, it gives the adult the that feeling of what it was like to be a child and exploring the world again. It portrays moments from a young childs life in vivid detail with excellent illustrations. The story is heart warming and the artwork is second to none. Frances Wolfe has a great future in writing and illustrating books such as these. Highly recommended!
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