In my opinion, Mahalia Mouse is the weakest of all his picture books, but it is still a nice little story–just not anything exceptional.Īll of Lithgow’s books come with CDs when sold in hardcover. ![]() It can be used for children who are already familiar with and interested in the manatee, or as an introduction to the animal, as well as the dangers to its existence. I’m a Manatee is a fun, imaginative tale of a boy and a manatee. I Got Two Dogs is a simple, delightful rhyme about the author’s two dogs with colorful collage-ish illustrations similar in style to those of Todd Parr. The Marsupial Sue books are about a kangaroo that wants to be something MORE than a kangaroo, but after traveling to many other areas and trying the ways of several different animals, she determines that being a kangaroo is EXACTLY who and what she wants to be. Marsupial Sue and Marsupial Sue presents the Runaway Pancake, I’m a Manatee, Mahalia Mouse Goes to College, I Got Two Dogs are additional works by Lithgow. Payne is just as delightful in his illustrations, particularly the image where the student has discovered her shoe–without its shoelace. The vocabulary includes words such as “peregrination” and “viridian”. ![]() The same things that are wonderful and thrilling about Farkle exist here in this story about the visual arts. Once back in Central Park, he converts the upper floor of a carousel into an art museum for the other animals where he shows his growing collection of original canvases. Using his tail as a brush, he creates his own masterpiece, ties it up with one of the student’s shoelaces and returns home. Once she is asleep, Micawber, for the first time, experiments with her paints. Intrigued, he stows away in her satchel and accompanies the young student home. This is the first time it has ever occurred to him to think about how the paintings were created in the first place. One afternoon he sees an art student copying one of the artworks on the wall. The story of Micawber again sees the same team of author and illustrator relate the story of a squirrel who lives in Central Park and enjoys going to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (They remind me of David Catrow with slightly more realistic human facial features.) The text is extremely exciting for several reasons: (1) the melody and rhythm of the words lends itself to read-alouds (2) the language, while being the opposite of condescending to young readers, is still challenging in vocabulary with words like “beseeching,” “rhapsodical” and “bombastic” (3) the text contains multiple original examples of onomonapoeia when describing instruments, which offers an excellent opportunity to teach both that specific literary technique, and as an introduction to language as sound, music, and poetry. ![]() Payne are amazing in their vibrancy and humor. Through an unfortunate illness on the part of the orchestra conductor one evening, Farkle discovers that it is the sound and experience of ALL the instruments together which brings him joy, as opposed to the mastery of an individual instrument. He is able to master instrument after instrument with ease, but throws each one away as he becomes bored with it. The story centers around a young boy who is a musical prodigy. Topping the list for me is The Remarkable Farkle McBride. His picture books are some of my (and my children’s) absolute favorites! Perhaps better known to adults for his stage and screen work, actor John Lithgow has an amazing body of work for children.
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