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Title: Around the Year
ISBN: 0863150756
Author:
Elsa Maartman Beskow
Publicate Date: 1988-06
Publish: 1988-06
List Price: $17.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $10.94
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $6.88
Amazon Merchant Price: $12.21
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1: What others didn't say
I wish at least one of the other reviewers would have mentioned all of the religious references in this book. I was looking for a book that illustrates the changes of the season and helped my child gain appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. I guess I have to keep looking.
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2: lovely to look at
My boys and I just love this book. It is so nice to look at and the story is loads of fun. In fact there isn't a book by Beskow we don't love!
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3: Old fashioned charm
This is a book of poems for children written in the early twentiety century. There is one poem for each month of the year. The illustrations are beautiful, with wonderful color and detail. The illustrations reflect their time period with clothing details, etc... Adults and children will enjoy this charming book.
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4: Awesome and warm story!!!
We love all of her books and buy them 1 at a time as we can afford them. In an age of big in your face pop up books and childrens books that make your eyes hurt these books are a wonderful find. As always the illustrations are beautiful - this particular book I would love to get a duplicate and frame the pictures. I read all the reviews first but few had actual specifics about the actual invdividual stories, so that's what I've done here. I hope it helps others know what wonderful books they are. I wish they were easier to find in Canada.
Anyhow this book is all poems :
the Thirty days has september poem, The months poem, january begins the year, february is next... etc. Then the hours poem- WE LOVE THIS ONE... One and two are walking, three and four are playing, five and six are eating... etc. Then there is The Days of the week poem, my now 4 yr old knows this one by heart... Tell me what you do all day? busy I am but listen pray. Monday is my milking day, Tuesday skimming off the cream, etc. Then the rest of the book is a poem about each month and with a black and white drawing with it on the same page and then on the opposit page a full BEAUTIFUl drawing to with it as well. Absolutely awesome!!!
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5: Classic
This book is a classic children's book. The poems by Elsa Beskow are beautiful. The drawings portray the seasons and the personalities of the characters pictured - down to the very last little plant. This is a perfect book for education - seasons, months, weather for younger children and flower naming, words and prose for older children. This book is a collection of poems, not a story book. I enjoy this book, as do my children.
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