Details in the artwork will invite repeated readings and challenge kids to muse about other color icons. Illustrator Pam Zagarenski's interpretations go byeond the concrete, allowing us to not just see color, but feel it. Red Sings from Treetops: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner Hardcover Picture Book, Apby Joyce Sidman (Author), Pamela Zagarenski (Illustrator) 4.8 119 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 7.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.

Fresh descriptions and inventive artistry are a charming inspiration to notice colors and correlate emotions. With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidman brings the colors of the seasons to life in a fresh light, combining the senses of sight, sound, smell and taste. begins to sing: / and each note drops / like a cherry / into / my / ear.” The seasons flow into each other, bringing readers full circle. In spring, Red sings from tree-tops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear With original and spot-on perceptions, Joyce Sidmans poetry brings the colors of the. RED: crisp, juicy, / crunch!” In winter, “RED hops to treetops /. In summer, RED is a delicate hummingbird in fall, “RED swells / on branches bent low. A woman and her white dog, both wearing paper crowns, wander through the four seasons, observing nature’s palette: “In summer, / BLUE grows new names: / turquoise, / azure, / cerulean.” A red bird flying across the pages becomes a continuity motif. The described hues are block-highlighted in the text while the artwork details the imagery in the words. Zagarenski’s mixed-media paintings on wood and computer illustration have a European folk-art style. Poetry (See Also Stories in Verse), Nature & The Natural WORLD /. Describing seasons by colors is not an original concept, but this whimsical color calendar sparkles with creativity. Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction Topic.

Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman