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When rain comes to the parched African savanna, the animals use all their senses to track the storm. The porcupine smells rain in the air. The zebras see lightning. The baboons hear thunder. The rhino feels the first drops. And the lion tastes the cool water. For a time, the grasslands abound with new green leaves, juicy fruits, and fresh pools of water. But soon the hot sun dries out the land, and the animals must again wait for the next big rain.
Manya Stojic's picture book debut is as satisfying and refreshing as the rain she describes. With paintings that are exuberant and saturated with color and a simple text that rolls off the tongue with pleasure and ease, here is a book parents and teachers will enjoy sharing again and again.
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"It was hot," announces Stojic in big, bold type at the opening of her handsome debut book. Indeed, the scorching savanna temperatures radiate from her abstract compositions, and the cracked soil and yellowed grasslands glow as if ignited by the sun. But the animals know that this weather cannot last forever: they variously smell, hear, see, feel or taste the approach of rain. The rain, greatly savored, eventually stops, but the animals continue to appreciate it: "We can't hear the rain now," shout the baboons, "but we can eat fresh, juicy fruit from the trees." The language is only serviceable, but the freshness of the art compensates. Stojic brings a deliciously heightened sensuality to her interpretation of savanna life. Tightly and often unconventionally framing her full-bleed, double-page spreads, she approximates a range of sensations, from the pleasure of the downpour (visualized as a spread of broad blue brush strokes) t0 the cozy ooze of the rhino's chocolate-colored mud hole to the mouthwatering lusciousness of the baboons' orange fruit. Ages 3-6. |
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Stojic suceeds at her first children'book! Educators/parents can use this book for lessons in African animals, the five senses, and how the Earth needs rain for vegetation and the food we eat. The illustrations are bold and give the feel of the dry African landscape. |
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