Author: Elaine Magliaro
Illustrator: Catia Chien
Publisher: Chronicle, 2016
Age: 4-8
Themes: nature, activity, imagination
Opening: Things to do if you are DAWN. Shoo away night. Wash the eastern sky with light. wake the sleeping sun: Rise and shine!
Summary: (from my library catalog) Told in rhyming text, the story takes us through a child’s day, focusing on the animals and objects around the child.
Why I like this book: soft, endearing illustrations compliment the magical text ‘like butta’, as my aunt might have said!
Resources/Activities: go for a spring walk or hike, and take along some of the highlighted words in the book’s text; see how you might find something that ‘flits’, is ‘buzzy’, ‘bold’, or ‘dazzles’.
For more Perfect Picture Book picks with teacher/parent resources, check out the list on Susanna Hill’s blog HERE.
julie rowan-zoch 
This looks like such a fun book.
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And so sweet!
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What a fabulous cover and illustrations. The story is magical and will encourage a child’s imagination.
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I really admire this illustrator’s work!
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gorgeous colors!
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Ha your choice is waking up and mine is sleeping. Love the cover and opening sentences. Great choice Julie.
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I love those illustrations. A beautiful find!
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I have this one and the images are gorgeous. Chronicle Books always seem to shine. Have yet to find one I don’t like.
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I agree! We sell a lot of their journals in the bookstore where I work too. Cool stuff.
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Love the illustrations in this imaginative book. Will definitely be on the lookout for it.
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I love the color palette she uses!
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Mmm, yes!
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Another book that helps me realize that Spring is really here…even though we still have snow on the ground in the backyard. Thanks for a great review, Julie. 😉
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The perfect book to review for National Poetry Month and one of my favorites books, too! So many perfect word choices in these kid-friendly poems. I checked this book out a couple months ago and renewed it from my library to enjoy it longer.
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I am a repeat check-out extender too!
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