Red & green

Title:

Red & green

Author:

Summary:

It was a cold, wintery night, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring…except a small mouse! Follow this mischievous mouse on his late-night holiday adventure. The snow is falling, the tree is decorated, and the cookies are ready for nibbling. Just be sure to keep an eye out for Santa! -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 3-8. Beach Lane Books.

Grades K-1. Beach Lane Books.

General Note:

Die-cut pages.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Genre:

Stories in rhyme.

Christmas fiction.

Picture books.

Toy and movable books.

Personal Subject:

Santa Claus-Juvenile fiction.

Subject Term:

Mice -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Beach Lane Books,

Publication Date:

2023

ISBN:

9781534401723

Publication Information:

New York : Beach Lane Books, [2023]

Call Number:

P ELHERT

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003681817	Holiday Picture Books	ELHERT	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

The classic story of the night before Christmas gets a humorous twist in this engaging holiday picture book filled with die-cuts from the acclaimed and beloved picture book creator, Lois Ehlert.

It was a cold, wintery night, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring...except a small mouse!

Follow this mischievous mouse on his late-night holiday adventure. The snow is falling, the tree is decorated, and the cookies are ready for nibbling. Just be sure to keep an eye out for Santa!

Author Notes

Lois Ehlert was born November 9, 1934, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the Layton School of Art. She has also worked as an art teacher, freelance illustrator, and designer. She has created 38 books for young reader and is known for her colorful collage artwork. Her work as an author and an illustrator has appeared in countless publications and has received numerous awards and honors.

In addition to creating books, Ehlert has produced toys, games, clothes for children, posters, brochures, catalogs, and banners. She has received the Caldecott Honor Book, 1989, for Color Zoo, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year for Snowballs, the Booklist Editors' Choice for Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale/Un Cuento Folklórico Mexicano, the IRA Teachers' Choice and NCTE Notable Children's Trade Book in the Language Arts for Feathers for Lunch, the American Library Association Notable Children's Book and Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award for Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.

The first book that she wrote and illustrated was Growing Vegetable Soup (1987). Some of her other works include Planting a Rainbow (2003), Feathers for Lunch (1996), Snowballs (1999), Leaf Man (2005), Moon Rope/ Un Lazo de Luna (2003), which is based on a Peruvian folktale, and Rrralph (2013), Rain Fish (2016), and Heart to Heart (2017).

Lois Ehlert died in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on May 25, 2021. She was 86.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 1--Accompanied by digital recreations of the late Ehlert's cut-paper collages, here is a twist on a holiday classic based on Clement C. Moore's "A Visit from St. Nicholas." The story follows a mischievous mouse on Christmas Eve. Throughout the night, the mouse rustles around the house, hears a clatter, and eats some Christmas cookies before Santa arrives. The mouse's rhyming tale will entertain practicing readers and surprise those who expect the classic poem. With bold, contrasting colors, basic shapes create vivid cut-paper collage scenes. The pigment of each page is rich and will appeal to young pre-readers. Although the mouse eats Santa's treat, young readers will laugh at the little creature's adventure on Christmas Eve. VERDICT A funny picture book for pre- and early readers. Pair with Ehlert's Color Zoo, and with other books for low vision, such as Hervé Tullet's Press Here.--Hilary Tufo

Publisher's Weekly Review

With the bold visual force of traffic signals, die-cut spreads from the late Ehlert are splashed with super-saturated reds, magentas, and greens in this memorable update of "A Visit from St. Nicholas." A decorated wreath with zigzag edges first opens onto words in large white type: "It was a cold, wintry night,/ and all through the house,// not a creature was stirring...// except a small mouse!" Big, bold forms accompany the familiar-sounding text--a hand-cut snowflake represents "new-fallen snow," and other lines accompany images of a snowperson, a pine festooned with ornaments, and a tray of cookies whose shapes duplicate forms seen earlier. After taking a judicious taste of the treats, the mouse settles down before an unexpected interruption by a familiar-looking set of boots. Hi-vis elements and a seek-and-find sensibility lend visual zip to this winning variation on a classic. Ages up to 8. (Sept.)