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Title: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. Susan Jeffers ISBN: 0-525-46734-3 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Gift of Poetry & Beauty
Comment: Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening is Susan Jeffers' illustrated book of the Robert Frost poem. It is a beautifully illustrated book which can be enjoyed by the parent as a child sits snugly on their lap.
I think it is a book that shows a great deal of respect. It respects the intelligence of the child by introducing beautiful "adult" poetry to the young. Simultaneously it is respectful of the adult reader allowing them to read something which is jointly appealing. This is ideally how an illustrated book should be. It should have appeal to both the reader and the listener and this book is a perfect example of that.
Susan Jeffers illustrations are exquisite. She captures the quiet beauty of the woods on a snowy evening. Animals peak from behind trees and bushes watching the man and his sleigh. There is plenty to be observed by child and parent while reading this book . It will be a thrill to find and name the animals while reading the book. Every page is a work of art.
The illustrations also work to tell a story within a story providing possible explanations for why the man is in the woods on that particular evening. Children will have some fun seeing the kinds of this this old gentleman does when no one is watching.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening is a wonderful wintertime book, but will make an excellent read in any season. What a wonderful gift for an adult to make for a child, a gift of poetry and beauty.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fine Way to Treat Your Children to Robert Frost
Comment: Please read the poem to your children out loud if they're old enough to follow it. Allow them the intense pleasure of visualizing the scene on their own before sharing another person's visualization with them. By all means, share this book, a beautiful, atmospheric slice of winter with them. Susan Jeffers has done such a splendid job on the illustrations. They are a hushed, crunchy-cold excursion into the dark solstice night in the deep woods. The only bits of color come from the living beings, the colorful man and his grandchildren and the shy forest animals he comes to feed. The stark, snow covered tree branches are illuminated to perfection and the big feathery snowflakes float down about you as you read. My favorite picture is the second to last one but I won't spoil it by telling you about it, except to say, see if it doesn't perfectly capture the reality you remember. This is a lovely book in and of itself, regardless of others that may have come before. Enjoy!
Rating: 5
Summary: Just as I pictured it
Comment: When illustrators provide their visual representation of a well-loved story or poem, I'm often disappointed. That's not how I pictured it, I complain.
Well, not in this case. I love this poem dearly, with both "promises to keep" and "miles to go before I sleep" being recurring themes in how I think about what I need to get done each week. And behind the philosopy is the image of a bearded man driving his carriage through the snow on the way home to his waiting family. My father, I think, is the guy in my mental images of this.
The artwork in this book is absolutely delightful, and serves to make more vivid the images that were already in my mind. I love the poem, I love the art, and I love sharing these things with my daughter, who also loves this book.
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Title: Night of the Moonjellies by Mark Shasha ISBN: 1930900163 Publisher: Purple House Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Papa Piccolo by Carol Talley, Itoko Maeno ISBN: 1559420286 Publisher: Marsh Media Pub. Date: August, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: A Pair of Red Clogs by Masako Matsuno, Kazue Mizumura ISBN: 1930900201 Publisher: Purple House Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Very Last First Time by Jan Andrews, Ian Wallace ISBN: 088899043X Publisher: Groundwood Books Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz, Pat Cummings ISBN: 0064432564 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 30 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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