| 9781481441391 |
| (hardback) |
| 1481441396 |
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Summary
Summary
In the tradition of We're Going on a Bear Hunt , acclaimed author Richard Jackson and award-winning illustrator Suzy Lee prove you can chase away any grey and gloomy day with just the right attitude, and a little bit of color.
Why spend a rainy day inside? As three children embrace a grey day, they seems to beckon the bright as they jump, splash, and dance outside, chasing the rain away. The day's palette shifts from greys to a hint of blue, then more blue. Then green! Then yellow! Until the day is a technicolor extravaganza that would make Mary Poppins proud. A joyous homage to the power of a positive attitude.
Author Notes
Richard Jackson was a long-time editor at Atheneum Books for Young Readers and the critically acclaimed author of a number of books, including Have A Look, Says Book. , illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, which Publishers Weekly proclaimed "a shoe-in for the bedtime rotation;" All Ears, All Eyes , illustrated by Katherine Tillotson; and This Beautiful Day , illustrated by Suzy Lee, which received three starred reviews.
Suzy Lee is the critically acclaimed illustrator and author of many books for children including Wave , which was awarded the Gold Medal for Original Art by the Society of Illustrators and was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; Shadow , which was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book; and Open This Little Book , which was awarded the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (Picture Book Honor Winner). She lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-A dark and stormy morning cannot dampen the spirits of three siblings in this ode to summer weather. The day begins with a song, a dance, and a skip as the kids splash through puddles and march through the neighborhood with friends. As the sky clears, the children delight in doing what children do: playing outdoors, expending energy, and reveling in the opportunity to freely enjoy the pleasures of the day. "This beautiful day.../so great for parading,/for cartwheeling fun/or hiding/and seeking/or gliding/and sliding/in this marigold sun." Jackson's spare poetic text expresses the many ways that spirited children play, while Lee's marvelous pencil and acrylic illustrations adroitly create a sense of space, air, energy, and joy as the day progresses from gray to glorious. These children feel real, drawn with loose, sketchy lines that deftly depict movement and exuberance, with expressions to match. Finally, it's time to sit down on a camp chair with a Popsicle. Who could ask for a more beautiful day? -VERDICT An absolutely perfect book for summer read-alouds and interactive sharing.-Teri -Markson, Los Angeles Public Library © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Inside on a dreary, rainy day, a boy hears a strain of music from the radio. The weather outside is reflected in the artwork's drab duotone: blue and black on white. Playfully, the boy starts to dance, and splashes of bright blue appear. Two girls, possibly his sisters, join him: the older one struts while the younger one twirls with a stuffed rabbit. They venture into the rain with their umbrellas ("This beautiful day... has all of us skipping and singing and calling aloud"). Lee (Ask Me), whose singing line adds delight to every page, draws them stomping joyously in puddles. Alert viewers will notice additional color creeping into the spreads. Sure enough, the rain stops and color bursts forth as the children, a larger group now, toss their umbrellas, then race through grassy expanses and climb trees. Sprightly wordplay ("high-fiving and yes, we're-alive-ing") and a dash of sound humor-"doodly (slurp), doodly (burp)," during a Popsicle break-make Jackson's high-spirited hymn to childhood an heir to earlier classics by Margaret Wise Brown and Ruth Krause. No grand adventures or special effects are needed: the story's fun flows from the simplest things. Ages 4-8. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
A day can be beautiful, no matter what the weather. Stormy skies might keep three kids inside for a while, but eventually play and imagination overrides any hesitancy to go out. Besides, what could be more fun than singing and jumping in puddles? The soggy fun attracts more kids from the neighborhood and, as the skies clear, umbrellas become opportunities for a new kind of fun in the trees and skies. As the sun dries the puddles and warms the air, Popsicles enjoyed with family puts a delicious end to a most beautiful afternoon. The joy found in simple pleasures is captured perfectly through the spare but joyous text and elegant pencil-and-acrylic drawings. Rendered in high-contrast black and white at the beginning, they slowly incorporate more color as the day progresses, eventually bursting with the greens and blues of a hot summer day. Unfussy, evocative, and full of enthusiasm, this picture book will remind readers of all ages of the immense satisfaction that can be experienced through the simplest pleasures of daily life.--Hayes, Summer Copyright 2017 Booklist
