(ages 1-3) covers just what is says...
The book starts with a rooster crowing,
"Cock-a-doodle-do! Hello! Good day! Good morning to you!"
and ends with a mother hen and her chicks, "Five little chicks without a peep close their eyes and go to sleep. Good night".
What's in between? Mealtime, colors, shapes, ABC's, 123's, traffic lights, seasons, pets, faces, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, and more! (even ladybugs to count on each page)
ABOUT DENISE'S AMAZING AND UNIQUE ARTWORK (in her own words):
Over the years, my work changed, then changed again. I now work primarily in paper—creating images by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. I feel that my art has come full circle from the bold, colorful paintings of childhood, through a period of tight, detailed images, and back again to bold, colorful, more childlike images.
Papermaking for me is cathartic. Part of its appeal is that it’s very physical—toting buckets of water, beating large quantities of pulp, hand-mixing huge vats of color. It’s different from the Bob Cratchit-like existence that my former finely detailed style required—hunched over my drawing board with electric pencil sharpener close at hand. What other medium requires that you be up to your elbows in brilliant color? It’s wet, messy, and wonderful – I haven’t picked up a brush or a colored pencil since I discovered papermaking.
Want to see more books by this prolific author/illustrator? CLICK HERE to view her webpage booklist.