A New Green Day
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
A New Green Day
By (Author) Antoinette Portis
Illustrated by Antoinette Portis
Scallywag Press
Scallywag Press
1st September 2020
2nd July 2020
United Kingdom
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Early years: verse, rhymes and wordplay
Early years: the body and the senses
Early years: size, shapes and patterns
813.6
Winner of English Association Picture Book Awards, non fiction 4-7 2021
Physical Properties
Hardback
40
Width 203mm, Height 203mm
Description
Age range 3 to 6
Explore nature through evocative riddles and bold imagery that take the reader from day to night and back again.
Who scribbles on the sidewalk with glistening ink Snail!
Who's a comma in a long, long sentence of a stream Tadpole!
Active readers will delight in the clever language and striking illustrations. On each spread, children will solve riddles about the familiar animals, plants and the weather that one child encounters outdoors throughout a whole day.
'The power of Portis's poems, and the surprise each page turn allows, lets readers experience familiar moments with awakened senses, offering them nothing less than a new world filled with fresh experiences.' Publishers Weekly, starred review
'With its simple yet powerful language, outstanding artwork, and brilliantly inspirational design and format, this is the perfect story to read aloudand awaken the senses of even the youngest of readers.' Blackpool Gazette
Teachers' notes available here
Reviews
'Lyrical, funny and elegantly illustrated, its ideal to reread.' New Statesman;Portis reminds us that nature is not for passive viewing. It is to be enjoyed and cherished. Just Imagine;Both Portis illustrations and verses are beautifully textured Every riddle asks readers and listeners to embrace the great outdoors, to re-experience the familiar with all their senses alert and with a willingness to allow each encounter with nature to reveal unexcepted riches. Books for Keeps;There is SO much to love about this lyrically written book that gently calls us to appreciate our world afresh. Rich in texture, both verbal and visual, Antoinette Portis A New Green Day offers fresh lenses through which to see the natural world and its beauty each and every time we set foot outside. Red Reading Hub;A clever and beautifully realised picture book. Highly recommended. School Reading List
Author Bio
Antoinette made her picture-book debut with the New York Times best-selling Not A Box, an American Library Association Seuss Geisel Honor book, and one of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year. She was a recipient of the 2010 Sendak Fellowship. Antoinette graduated from the UCLA School of Fine Arts and then spent years in the world of design and advertising, working at Disney before taking a flying leap to pursue her sixth-grade dream of writing and illustrating picture books.
