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***Breaking News***
Liz' next two picture books will both be illustrated by MARLA FRAZEE and will be published by HARCOURT CHILDREN'S BOOKS in 2009 and 2010. Watch this space for updates and publication news!
A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes: A Pocket Book
HarperCollins; ISBN: 0060295260; $15.99; $23.99(CAN)
Illustrated by New York Times best-selling artist Robin Preiss Glasser
Readers: Click here to buy A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes online.
Teachers: Click here for pocket-particular enrichment activities to use in your classroom
A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes is
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Children's Crown Gallery finalist
A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club alternate
and is recognized in Books Children Sit Still For
“A pocket for a bird is a nest,
a bed is a pocket for a rest.
A bathtub is a pocket full of suds,
and piggies love a pocket full of mud…”
This spirited read-aloud defines a variety of nontraditional “pockets,” from beds & bells to hats & hugs. The delightful verse is captured in energetic artwork, which follows four families through a day of joy and discovery.
CRITICS TIP THEIR HATS:
School Library Journal: … lively, rollicking rhyme … a spur to imaginative thinking, this offering will encourage parents and children to examine their surroundings and create their own pockets that echo the themes of the poem.
Kirkus Reviews: …bubbly verse and playful imagery reminiscent of Mary Ann Hoberman's classic A House Is a House For Me …leaving young listeners seeing their own worlds in a new way, and primed for Ruth Krauss's mind-expanding A Hole Is to Dig.
ALA Booklist: …a rhyme that will appeal to kids’ fascination with containers… the concept, abetted by Glasser’s madcap illustrations, is that the world abounds in nontraditional pockets… fast-moving and fun.
Children's Literature: Charming, inviting, enticing, heartwarming and simply wonderful... young readers could compose hundreds of stories of their own just by looking at the glorious illustrations. Highly recommended.
Parent:Wise Austin: Scanlon captures perfectly the imagination, excitement and exuberance of childhood in this lyrical rhyme… The illustrations are both charming and beautiful; what's more, they're multi-ethnic... sure to delight kids who are lucky enough to have it pop into their hands.
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