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misspippireads's review
5.0
Swirl by Swirl is getting heaps of attention, but I didn't care to find the book. My co-worker passed it to me and said, "It's a great book and looks like your type of storytime book." Okay. I'll give it a chance.
It's wonderful! A beautiful piece that weaves non-fiction and fiction together. Swirls surround us every day if we look closely. They protect and comfort. They are powerful and beautiful. Swirl by Swirl can be a fantastic storytime book. The colors are dark and detailed (another reason I did not seek out this book). The publishers kindly shared the artwork medium - scratch board. Scratch board? Wow! WOW! I appreciate this read for it's wonderful story that can be shared with all ages and the amazing talent of a scratch board artist.
2018 storytime theme: Circles
Reviewed from a library copy.
It's wonderful! A beautiful piece that weaves non-fiction and fiction together. Swirls surround us every day if we look closely. They protect and comfort. They are powerful and beautiful. Swirl by Swirl can be a fantastic storytime book. The colors are dark and detailed (another reason I did not seek out this book). The publishers kindly shared the artwork medium - scratch board. Scratch board? Wow! WOW! I appreciate this read for it's wonderful story that can be shared with all ages and the amazing talent of a scratch board artist.
2018 storytime theme: Circles
Reviewed from a library copy.
lannthacker's review
In the poetry section of my library, this is really a great early science book with illustrations to spend a lot of time with.
jwinchell's review
5.0
This is on the 2014 Monarch list.
I love Beth Krommes' art (The House in the Night), and so I found this book to be absolutely gorgeous. It's amazing that this is a great read-aloud and also a great piece of non-fiction; that's no easy feat. I had profound realizations about the power of the spiral in my readings of this; it caused me to look at that form of nature in a whole new way.
I can imagine many cool potential connections to art, math, & science with this one--Fibonacci numbers, the golden mean, all of the ways spirals occur in nature.
I love Beth Krommes' art (The House in the Night), and so I found this book to be absolutely gorgeous. It's amazing that this is a great read-aloud and also a great piece of non-fiction; that's no easy feat. I had profound realizations about the power of the spiral in my readings of this; it caused me to look at that form of nature in a whole new way.
I can imagine many cool potential connections to art, math, & science with this one--Fibonacci numbers, the golden mean, all of the ways spirals occur in nature.
sducharme's review
5.0
This is a gorgeous book devoted to the wonder of the spiral shape in nature. The poem leads us gradually through forests, to animals sleeping, to plants, and into space, encouraging us to find the spirals in the pictures and explaining how the shape is powerful. The colorful scratch art by Beth Krommes ties into the poem in its content and design. This makes a good text for science and language arts integration.
wiseowl33's review
4.0
From the beautiful illustrations to the amazing poems about nature this book is a total hit!