Available:*
Library | Call Number | Status |
---|---|---|
Searching... Lyons Public Library | E/K LES | Searching... Unknown |
Searching... Newberg Public Library | PUZZLE LESTER | Searching... Unknown |
Bound With These Titles
On Order
Summary
Summary
A vivid introduction to animals from all parts of the world, portraying them in their specialized environments with intricately detailed pictures.
Summary
A vivid introduction to animals from all parts of the world, portraying them in their specialized environments with intricately detailed pictures.
Author Notes
Alison Lester was born on November 17, 1952, in Foster, Victoria, Australia. She received a higher diploma in teaching at The Melbourne Teacher's College, where she trained as a secondary arts and crafts teacher. Before she began writing and illustrating her own books, she worked as an art teacher and an illustrator. She is the author and illustrator over 25 picture books. Her first novel, The Quicksand Pony, won an Australian Young Readers Book Award and a Children's Book Council of America (CBCA) Book of the Year Award. Her picture books Clive Eats Alligators and the Journey Home each won a CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. She was Australia's Inaugural Children's Laureate from 2011-2012. In 2016, she was awarded the Children's Language and Literature Award from the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and inducted into the Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year Hall of Fame. She was awarded the 2016 Dromkeen Medal for her body of work and its contribution to the development of children's literature in Australia.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Alison Lester was born on November 17, 1952, in Foster, Victoria, Australia. She received a higher diploma in teaching at The Melbourne Teacher's College, where she trained as a secondary arts and crafts teacher. Before she began writing and illustrating her own books, she worked as an art teacher and an illustrator. She is the author and illustrator over 25 picture books. Her first novel, The Quicksand Pony, won an Australian Young Readers Book Award and a Children's Book Council of America (CBCA) Book of the Year Award. Her picture books Clive Eats Alligators and the Journey Home each won a CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award. She was Australia's Inaugural Children's Laureate from 2011-2012. In 2016, she was awarded the Children's Language and Literature Award from the Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards and inducted into the Speech Pathology Australia's Book of the Year Hall of Fame. She was awarded the 2016 Dromkeen Medal for her body of work and its contribution to the development of children's literature in Australia.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (6)
School Library Journal Review
Another in the current stable of picture books that invite young readers to identify items on a page as opposed to reading an illustrated narrative. Here, an everyday setting (a tree fort in the yard, a fishbowl in the living room, etc.), and a short verse are the jumping-off points for a visit to imagined and more exotic places: the jungle, the underwater world, etc. Lester's illustrations are pleasant but undistinguished pen-and-ink drawings enlivened with watercolor washes. There is humor and some charm in the expressions of the animals and the two human characters. The boy and girl are equally active, and the juxtaposition of real and imagined environments is clever without being obtrusive or contrived. However, there are errors in terminology (orynx instead of oryx, Adele penguin instead of Adelie, sabre-toothed tiger instead of saber-toothed), and no key to the illustrations is provided. This will be frustrating to readers since many terms are unfamiliar and others are easy to confuse. Persistent young researchers might find it a challenge to hunt down the correct matches, but the less dedicated will fall by the wayside, particularly since not all of the words are in an adult dictionary. By all means, give our children interesting long words (and correct scientific terminology) to chew on, but give them a key so they'd at least have a fighting chance. Clever, but not thought through. --Barbara Hutcheson, Greater Victoria Pub . Lib . , B.C., Canada (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The author of Clive Eats Alligators offers a lively--and lovely--exercise in using one's creativity. Seven lines of verse introduce each of seven double-page spreads filled with animals of every imaginable species. Each spread has a different setting, transporting readers to such exotic locations as a jungle, oceanic depths, a polar icecap, the land of dinosaurs and the Australian bush country. Borders around each scene contain the names of the animals pictured, giving the book a search-and-find dimension that will appeal to more ambitious readers. Anyone serious about matching the names to the pictures, however, might have appreciated the inclusion of a key at the end of the book. As it is, youngsters may get frustrated trying to identify a paca, a guillemot, a tiger quoll or some of the other lesser-known animals. Nevertheless, Lester's clever text and creature-crammed illustrations will certainly encourage young imaginations to wander. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A boy and girl in a tree pretend to be in the jungle; the next page shows the children in a real jungle, transported by their imaginations and surrounded by animals whose names form a border around the colorful, lively scene. This pattern continues as the children imagine they are in, among others, a land of ice, an African plain, and Australia. A zoological treat. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
School Library Journal Review
Another in the current stable of picture books that invite young readers to identify items on a page as opposed to reading an illustrated narrative. Here, an everyday setting (a tree fort in the yard, a fishbowl in the living room, etc.), and a short verse are the jumping-off points for a visit to imagined and more exotic places: the jungle, the underwater world, etc. Lester's illustrations are pleasant but undistinguished pen-and-ink drawings enlivened with watercolor washes. There is humor and some charm in the expressions of the animals and the two human characters. The boy and girl are equally active, and the juxtaposition of real and imagined environments is clever without being obtrusive or contrived. However, there are errors in terminology (orynx instead of oryx, Adele penguin instead of Adelie, sabre-toothed tiger instead of saber-toothed), and no key to the illustrations is provided. This will be frustrating to readers since many terms are unfamiliar and others are easy to confuse. Persistent young researchers might find it a challenge to hunt down the correct matches, but the less dedicated will fall by the wayside, particularly since not all of the words are in an adult dictionary. By all means, give our children interesting long words (and correct scientific terminology) to chew on, but give them a key so they'd at least have a fighting chance. Clever, but not thought through. --Barbara Hutcheson, Greater Victoria Pub . Lib . , B.C., Canada (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The author of Clive Eats Alligators offers a lively--and lovely--exercise in using one's creativity. Seven lines of verse introduce each of seven double-page spreads filled with animals of every imaginable species. Each spread has a different setting, transporting readers to such exotic locations as a jungle, oceanic depths, a polar icecap, the land of dinosaurs and the Australian bush country. Borders around each scene contain the names of the animals pictured, giving the book a search-and-find dimension that will appeal to more ambitious readers. Anyone serious about matching the names to the pictures, however, might have appreciated the inclusion of a key at the end of the book. As it is, youngsters may get frustrated trying to identify a paca, a guillemot, a tiger quoll or some of the other lesser-known animals. Nevertheless, Lester's clever text and creature-crammed illustrations will certainly encourage young imaginations to wander. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A boy and girl in a tree pretend to be in the jungle; the next page shows the children in a real jungle, transported by their imaginations and surrounded by animals whose names form a border around the colorful, lively scene. This pattern continues as the children imagine they are in, among others, a land of ice, an African plain, and Australia. A zoological treat. From HORN BOOK 1990, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.