In the Small, Small Pond

by Denise Fleming, Denise Fleming (Illustrator)

Overview

It's Springtime and a bright green frog leaps out of the tall, tall grass and lands in a small, small pond. Splash! Tadpoles and minnows scatter. Summer passes, turtles drowse in the sun and dragonflies hover in the air above. Fall arrives as ducks paddle by and the colors change. Finally, snow falls. The little frog burrows deep into the pond and waits for spring to come again.

This introduction to the seasons is one that even the youngest child will enjoy, as Denise Fleming takes a frog's-eye peek at life in a small, small pond.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805059830
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	10/15/1998
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	84,459
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 9.95(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 5 Years

About the Author

Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children's books, including In the Tall, Tall Grass, Shout! Shout It Out!, and Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy. She won a Caldecott Honor for In the Small, Small Pond. Denise published her first painting in the third grade, when she started taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher's magazine. She now works primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

Following a frog in this colorful portrayal of the circle of life around a small pond. In the spring, the frog leaps into the water where "wiggle, jiggle, tadpoles wriggle." As the seasons pass, herons plunge, turtles doze, and minnows scatter. Finally, when snow starts to fall, the frog digs himself into the mud until the following spring. Fleming's vibrant art and energetic, rhyming text bring a toddler closer to the world of nature. Reader's will enjoy finding the frog in each picture.

Barnes & Noble Staff

In a starred review, PW praised the "stunning" spreads and "zippy" language of this peek at the life of a freshwater pond through the seasons; a Caldecott Honor book. Ages 2-6. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The animals and insects that live on and in frshwater pond wiggle, waddle, hover, swoop and swirl through the stunning spreads... Young children are introduced to the basic habits of common North American wildlife and the characteristics of changing seasons even as they are treated to an array of zipper verbs.” —Publisher's Weekly, starred review

“Another truly stunning picture book from Fleming.... A perfect book for toddlers at story time.” —School Library Journal, starred review

“[A] perfect introduction to nature for the very young.” —Kirkus Reviews

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