Awake Beautiful Child by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

'.The wordplay is delightful, and somehow, perhaps in part by embracing the restriction of using just three letters, nveys a message of gratitude for all the wonder that can be found if you really dig into the repetitive routines of our days. Starred review in write-up in Publisher's Weekly Each scene is described in three-word â€œABCâ€ phrases, such as â€œAwake Beautiful Child.â€ An ideal read-aloud book to read just after waking or just before bed.' -McSweeneys 'New York Times bestselling picture-book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal teams with McSweeneyâ€™s regular Gracia Lam to tell the sweet, simple story of a young childâ€™s typical dayâ€”from morning to bedtime. QUICK COOL LINKS Watch the book trailer Read the starred Kirkus review Read the full Publishers Weekly reviewīROWSE AND/OR BUY Amazon / Independents / Barnes & NobleĪwake Beautiful Child Gracia Lam, illustrator But first, just read this unusual book aloud and let it work its magic. Teachers could use the book, perhaps paired with Betsy Franco's picture book Mathematickles! to introduce math equations or to inspire students to create their own verbal equations.

As wonderful as these text equations are, they're twice as effective with the accompanying pictures, such as the scene of a child asleep beneath a cheerful quilt, illustrating 'cozy + smell of pancakes - alarm clock = weekend.' The illustrator of Rosenthal's Little Pea, Little Hoot, and Little Oink, Corace creates clean, spare artwork here using precisely drawn black lines, washes of distinctive colors, and plenty of white space. From the simple ('1 + 1 = us') to the subtle (''I'm sorry' + hug = sincere apology') to the evocative ('barefoot + screen door + popsicles = summer'), Rosenthal creatively uses the symbols of math as a succinct way of stating conceptual rather than numeric relationships. And both are equally notable for their insight, humanity, and wit. If Rosenthal's Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons is a picture-book dictionary, her latest book is a picture-book introduction to mathematical equations. 'Just read this unusual book aloud and let it work its magic.' -Booklist, starred review 'Clever premise + artful execution = sure winner.' -Kirkus, starred review With another collaboration with illustrator Jen Corace' -Publishers Weekly 'Amy Krouse Rosenthal continues her run of inspired ideas This Plus That: Life's Little Equations Jen Corace, illustrator

Awake Beautiful Child by Amy Krouse Rosenthal