about the book
Here are twelve poems, written in both English and Spanish, about animals that flutter and hum, stretch, dance, slither and leap! Each animal gets an English and a Spanish version of the poem. A cow grazing on grass enjoys a “Slow munch./ All day lunch,” which in Spanish comes to “Una comida/ sin fin.”
Not all the poems rhyme. Some alliterate. Some display word association, such as in a rainy scene where crows are illustrated with word pairs like “crass” and “brash,” as well as “brujo” and “brusco. All are well crafted and mimic the beauty and playfulness of the world of animals.
about the author/illustrator
Julie Paschkis was born in 1957 and grew up near Philadelphia in Pennsylvania.
As a child she was encouraged to read a lot by her parents, as well as to draw and play outside. She grew up and went to several different high- quality illustration schools: Germantown Friends School, Ringerike Folkenhogskole in Norway, Cornell University, and the School for American Craftsmen at RIT.
Julie’s usual medium is gouache on paper, using small brushes. She likes putting in a lot of detail for older readers.
With her husband, painter Joe Max Emminger, and their cat, Clementine, and dog, Lily, Julie lives in Seattle, Washington.
Sources:
Author/Illustrator website
Author/Illustrator interview: Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast
Also by Julie Paschkis:
P. Zonka Lays an Egg. Peachtree Publishers. 2015.
Apple Cake : A Recipe for Love. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2012.
Mooshka, a Quilt Story. Peachtree Publishers. 2012.
Pablo Neruda : Poet of the People by Monica Brown. Henry Holt. 2011.
Summer Birds : The Butterflies of Maria Merien by Margarita Engle. Henry Holt. 2010.
Building on Nature : The Life of Antoni Gaudi by Rachel Rodriguez. Henry Holt. 2009.
Imaginary Menagerie : A Book of Curious Creatures by Julie Larios. Harcourt Children’s Books. 2008.
Albert the Fix-It Man by Janet Lord. Peachtree. 2008.
The Great Smelly, Slobbery, Small-Tooth Dog by Margaret Read MacDonald. August House. 2007.
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal : A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman. Henry Holt. 2007.
Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez. Henry Holt. 2006.
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