Du iz tak? / Carson Ellis.
Material type:
TextLanguage: Artificial (Other), English Publisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: First editionDescription: 48 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780763665302
- 0763665304
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Picturebook | Books for Big Kids | Ellis Carson | Available | 2017 Caldecott Honor Book | 33111008562262 | ||||
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Books for Big Kids | Ellis Carson | Available | 2017 Caldecott Honor Book | 33111008732451 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A 2017 Caldecott Honor Book
The creator of Home turns a droll eye to the natural world, with gorgeous art and a playful invented language.
Du iz tak? What is that? As a tiny shoot unfurls, two damselflies peer at it in wonder. When the plant grows taller and sprouts leaves, some young beetles arrive to gander, and soon--with the help of a pill bug named Icky--they wrangle a ladder and build a tree fort. But this is the wild world, after all, and something horrible is waiting to swoop down-- booby voobeck! --only to be carried off in turn. Su! With exquisitely detailed illustrations and tragicomic flair, Carson Ellis invites readers to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in even the humblest backyard. Su!
Readers are invited to imagine the dramatic possibilities to be found in the natural world, even the humblest back garden! With exquisitely-detailed illustration that will appeal to children and art-lovers alike, and a wonderfully playful invented language, we soon find ourselves speaking "Bug" ... Du iz tak? What is that?