Better Together
Publishing Details
Better Together
By (Author) Sheryl Shapiro
With Simon Shapiro
Illustrated by Dusan Petricic
Annick Press Ltd
Annick Press Ltd
1st February 2011
Canada
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
811.6
Physical Properties
32
Width 254mm, Height 229mm
142g
Description
Mix anything together and who knows what you'll get. You may create something wonderfully different! Water and flour make a sticky paste perfect for arts and crafts. And what can be better than mixing sugar, milk and butter to produce yummy fudge With simple words and vivid illustrations, this series of 13 fun and bouncy poems illustrates the concept of combining things. Mixing blue and yellow paint to make green is probably familiar to most children, but who thinks of music as being the result of mixing the sounds of instruments Or a sports team as the combination of many players with different strengths Young children will love listening to these funny poems while learning about a simple, but important, concept.
Reviews
A simple rhyming scheme...plus word choices that kids will appreciate make the poems accessible.--Carol S. Surges"School Library Journal" (07/01/2011)
The beat is strong throughout, the rhythm natural and bouncy, the writing humorous and engaging, . Petricic's pen-and-ink illustrations are wonderful, filled with wit and whimsy.--Ken Kilback"Canadian Children's Book News" (08/01/2011)
The mix of vivid illustrations and energetic text has created a fun book that both kids and parents will enjoy.--Tami Oliphant"The Deakin Review of Children's Literature" (07/01/2011)
This book is an excellent vehicle for teaching children cause and effect...it inspires my daughter to ask questions.--Bev Gerg"edwardsmagazinebookclub.com" (06/20/2011)
The concept is terrific and the illustrations similarly sublime.
...(A)n excellent vehicle for teaching children cause and effect.--Bev Gerg"edwardsmagazinebookclub.com" (06/20/2011)
Author Bio
Sheryl and Simon Shapiro have been married for 34 years and live in Toronto, Ontario. They blended their different talents on this project, and the result is truly better together.
Dusan Petricic is the award-winning illustrator of such children's classics as "Mattland" and "Bone Button Borscht." He lives in Toronto, Ontario.
