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roseleaf24's review against another edition
5.0
I don't think I can adequately review this book. It is stunning in its simplicity, and captures perfectly the gradual circle of the seasons. I will be purchasing this one so that I may explore it again and again.
lsparrow's review against another edition
2.0
my kids are less into poetry than I am - nice pictures but nothing exceptional.
bananatrampoline's review against another edition
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
jmitschke's review against another edition
5.0
Spare but gorgeous and evocative poems about experiencing the seasons.
This one is me every fall:
i still love you sunshine and swimming and sea
and strawberries, you know that i do
but i'm ready to move on
to something that's new
so now, i am waiting for sweaters
This one is me every fall:
i still love you sunshine and swimming and sea
and strawberries, you know that i do
but i'm ready to move on
to something that's new
so now, i am waiting for sweaters
knbee's review against another edition
5.0
Julie Fogliano and Julie Morstad are like my children's book dream team so I was super excited to see this on the shelf. Fogliano's words and Morstad's illustrations blend together to create a most lovely and sweet experience for readers of any age. Please, please, please continue collaborating. Please.
hulahoopes's review against another edition
4.0
Great poetry book about the seasons. Very fresh in what can be a tired topic.
just_tina's review against another edition
When Green Becomes Tomatoes by Julie Morstad
Fiction Twin Text: Scott, M. (2016). Corduroy’s Seasons. New York, NY: Penguin Random House.
The possible content-area crossover is most likely science, but it could also be incorporated into language or literature because it is written in poems. At first, I picked this book because I thought that it was about how plants grow, a major core concept in elementary school science. However, I quickly realized as I was reading it that it was a unique teaching about the seasons through poems. I thought that the fictional pairing was perfect because it is a rhyming concept book. Not only are the students being exposed to two different teachings about the seasons, they are also being exposed to different kinds of poetic writing. I would use the fiction text to enhance the reading by activating prior knowledge before jumping into the nonfiction text. I would first start by asking them about their experiences with the different seasons. Then I would read the fictional pairing to see what else they recall about the seasons. Last, I would read the nonfiction book to really delve into the changing of the seasons and what that all entails. I would probably pair this with some sort of lessons about it as well.
Reference:
Camp, D. (2000). It takes two: Teaching with twin texts of fact and fiction. The Reading Teacher, 53(5), pp. 400-408.
Fiction Twin Text: Scott, M. (2016). Corduroy’s Seasons. New York, NY: Penguin Random House.
The possible content-area crossover is most likely science, but it could also be incorporated into language or literature because it is written in poems. At first, I picked this book because I thought that it was about how plants grow, a major core concept in elementary school science. However, I quickly realized as I was reading it that it was a unique teaching about the seasons through poems. I thought that the fictional pairing was perfect because it is a rhyming concept book. Not only are the students being exposed to two different teachings about the seasons, they are also being exposed to different kinds of poetic writing. I would use the fiction text to enhance the reading by activating prior knowledge before jumping into the nonfiction text. I would first start by asking them about their experiences with the different seasons. Then I would read the fictional pairing to see what else they recall about the seasons. Last, I would read the nonfiction book to really delve into the changing of the seasons and what that all entails. I would probably pair this with some sort of lessons about it as well.
Reference:
Camp, D. (2000). It takes two: Teaching with twin texts of fact and fiction. The Reading Teacher, 53(5), pp. 400-408.
tlindhorst's review against another edition
5.0
Sweet lovely poems & drawings of diverse children encountering the seasons of life.