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Wordless, horizontal-format, minutely detailed story of an island of pigs who are suffering from the heat and find a creative way to get some ice. This one is worth some study! Would be a great tie-in to a cooperation theme or narrative skills (telling your own story to go with the pictures, including the small stories within the large one).
A wordless picture book starring Geisert's adventurous pigs.
To be honest, took me a 2nd read to get the full story. VERY detailed drawings that make it easy to miss something.
The artwork also is very classic which gives the book an old school feel.
I want to like it more than I actually did.
To be honest, took me a 2nd read to get the full story. VERY detailed drawings that make it easy to miss something.
The artwork also is very classic which gives the book an old school feel.
I want to like it more than I actually did.
It was a nice book. My kids weren't into it (mostly 2.5 - 4 year olds), but I think it would be a cool book for elementary school kids. I'm thinking of using it as a writing prompt for a college-aged student.
When the communal tank of fresh water on their island begins to run low, they do what any self-sufficient colony of pigs on a Northern island would do - they fill up the bag on their hot-air sailing ship and go off to find an iceberg to tow home. Geisert shows us just enough detail in the process of getting the iceberg home and transferring it to the island's tanks. It seems to be a holiday outing for the pigs, some of whom get to ride home on the iceberg. That looks like fun. Dumping the big blocks of ice into the open-air tank looks really fun.
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/03/ice-by-arthur-geisert-review.html
Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2011/03/ice-by-arthur-geisert-review.html
I had to "read" this through a 2nd time to get what I missed the first time. Not exactly my style but interesting none the less.
On the ISBN page, it says, "Stories without words".
This word-free book is lovely! I can see it being wonderfully interactive, where you can make up your own dialogue; or I can see it being blessedly silent where you just enjoy the pictures the story tells.
This word-free book is lovely! I can see it being wonderfully interactive, where you can make up your own dialogue; or I can see it being blessedly silent where you just enjoy the pictures the story tells.
I love the detail in Geisert's picture books - you can go through them multiple times and catch new details with each read. This one wasn't quite as fantastic as [b:Lights Out|10510231|Lights Out|Arthur Geisert|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1298098500s/10510231.jpg|1163028] or [b:Hogwash|2986840|Hogwash|Arthur Geisert|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1267422803s/2986840.jpg|3017294], but still a must-read for fans.