Sali de paseo, I Went Walking, Del Sol Books

Author : Sue Williams, Illustrator : Julie Vivas, Translator : Alma Flor Ada
Preschool - 2nd Grade

Sali de paseo
I Went Walking

Sali de paseo, Softcover, Spanish, Book, Sue Williams, Julie Vivas, Alma Flor Ada, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 015200288X, # 6023s, $7.00
I Went Walking, Softcover, English, Book, Sue Williams, Julie Vivas, Preschool - 2nd Grade, 0152380116, # 6024s, $7.00

This cumulative rhyming story is complemented by whimsical illustrations. Ideal for choral reading and for helping emergent readers experience successful independent reading. If you have ever used Brown Bear, Brown Bear you will want this book in your classroom. (K-2)

Listen to Vienna Rose read I Went Walking to you. A marvelous example of the magical encounter between a child and books that we wish for all children.

Publishers Weekly : This Australian import presents a repetitive rhyme that will be appreciated most by the very young. A boy takes a walk and encounters a variety of animals: "I went walking / What did I see? / I saw a black cat / Looking at me." The cat follows him, as do all of the other animals he meets: a brown horse, a red cow, a green duck, a pink pig and a yellow dog. Finally the child is leading a veritable parade of animals. Although Williams's text is not particularly imaginative, the book receives spark from Vivas's illustrations. Each time the question is posed, she offers a partial glimpse of the animal, which is not shown in its entirety until the following page. Thus the story becomes a kind of guessing game that little ones will enjoy playing again and again. Ages 3-7.

School Library Journal : A worthy successor to Bill Martin's Brown Bear, Brown Bear , What Do You See? (Holt, 1983). With its patterned response to the title, "What did you see?," and the accompanying lead-in picture showing part of a farmyard animal, this book immediately draws children into the story. The lively, unspoken storyline of a shock-headed toddler playing silly games with the animals he meets and gradually shedding his shoes, socks, and jacket fills out the spare text for beginning readers. The accumulating line of animals marching in wild sweeping patterns across the page gives viewers a bouncy, flowing experience from page to page. With only six animals, the story is brief; the watercolors, while predominantly realistic in tone and anatomical detail, have an exaggerated roundness and glow that give a fanciful turn to the naming story. The animals and toddler become progressively more animated, until story's end, which features a two-page, wordless spread reminiscent of Max's "wild rumpus" in Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are . The focus on the pages is clearly on the short text and the characters, making for a simple yet active experience for beginning readers and very young listeners.