Overview

Newly available in paperback, this 20th anniversary edition of a Caldecott Honor classic combines the star power of John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman. Newly available in paperback, this 20th anniversary edition of a Caldecott Honor classic combines the star power of John Updike and Trina Schart Hyman. Celebrate the little moments that make each month special in this beautiful picture book featuring twelve poems about a family and the turn of the seasons. From the short, frozen days of January, through the light of summer, to the first snowflakes of December, Updike's poems rejoices in the familiar, wondrous qualities that make each part of the year unique. Hyman's award-winning paintings--modeled after her own daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren--depict an interracial family going about the business of their lives throughout the year- sledding in January, watching fireworks in July, and playing in the autumn leaves. Bold and colorful, they're filled with the intricate detail for which her art is famous-- including cameo appearances by the artist and her partner, Jean Aull. Featuring a redesigned cover, the 20th Anniversary Edition of this inclusive Caldecott Honor book is a beautiful read-aloud to treasure throughout the year, with family and friends.

Full Product Details

9780823445349

Table of Contents

Reviews

Updike's poetry and Hyman's glowing illustrations lovingly portray a year in the life of a child . . . in this gem.--School Library Journal, starred review Each evocative illustration has its own story to tell, celebrating the small moments in children's lives with clarity and sensitivity, with empathy and joy. A beautifully illustrated edition of Updike's poems for children.--Booklist The language and illustrations are . . . vibrantly alive enough to keep young readers occupied through more than one reading.--Publishers Weekly Updike's poems are sometimes pretty, sometimes playful, and always evocative, while Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations not only complement the verse, but add their own layers of meaning and wit. . . . A truly timeless book about time.--Bruce Handy, author of Wild Things

Updike's poetry and Hyman's glowing illustrations lovingly portray a year in the life of a child . . . in this gem. --School Library Journal, starred review Each evocative illustration has its own story to tell, celebrating the small moments in children's lives with clarity and sensitivity, with empathy and joy. A beautifully illustrated edition of Updike's poems for children. --Booklist The language and illustrations are . . . vibrantly alive enough to keep young readers occupied through more than one reading. --Publishers Weekly Updike's poems are sometimes pretty, sometimes playful, and always evocative, while Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations not only complement the verse, but add their own layers of meaning and wit. . . . A truly timeless book about time. --Bruce Handy, author of Wild Things

Updike's poetry and Hyman's glowing illustrations lovingly portray a year in the life of a child . . . in this gem. -School Library Journal, starred review Each evocative illustration has its own story to tell, celebrating the small moments in children's lives with clarity and sensitivity, with empathy and joy. A beautifully illustrated edition of Updike's poems for children. -Booklist The language and illustrations are . . . vibrantly alive enough to keep young readers occupied through more than one reading. -Publishers Weekly Updike's poems are sometimes pretty, sometimes playful, and always evocative, while Trina Schart Hyman's illustrations not only complement the verse, but add their own layers of meaning and wit. . . . A truly timeless book about time. -Bruce Handy, author of Wild Things

Author Information

John Updike was born in 1932 in Shillington, Pennsylvania, and died in January 2009. He attended Shillington High School, Harvard College and the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford, where he spent a year on a Knox Fellowship. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of the staff of the New Yorker, to which he has contributed numerous poems, short stories, essays and book reviews. Since 1957 he has lived in Massachusetts as a freelance writer. John Updike's first novel, The Poorhouse Fair, was published in 1959. It was followed by Rabbit, Run, the first volume of what have become known as the Rabbit books, which John Banville described as 'one of the finest literary achievements to have come out of the US since the war'. Rabbit is Rich (1981) and Rabbit at Rest (1990) were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Other novels by John Updike include Marry Me; The Witches of Eastwick, which was made into a major feature film; Memories of the Ford Administration; Brazil; In the Beauty of the Lilies; Toward the End of Time; Terrorist; Villages; and The Widows of Eastwick, a sequel to The Witches of Eastwick. He wrote a number of volumes of short stories, and a selection entitled Forty Stories - which includes stories taken from The Same Door; Pigeon Feathers; The Music School; and Museums and Women - is published in Penguin, as is the highly acclaimed The Afterlife and Other Stories. His criticism and his essays, which first appeared in magazines such as The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books, have been collected in five volumes. Golf Dreams, a collection of his writings on golf, has also been published. His Collected Poems 1953-1993 brings together almost all of the poems from five previous volumes, including 'Hoping for a Hoopoe', 'Telephone Poles' and 'Tossing and Turning', as well as seventy poems previously unpublished in book form. John Updike's last books were Endpoint, a final collection of poems, and My Father's Tears and Other Stories, a collection of short stories. Both were published by Penguin in 2009.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available