Clorinda takes flight

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Title:

Clorinda takes flight

Author:

Kinerk, Robert, author.

Kellogg, Steven, illustrator.

Summary:

Using determination and vision, Clorinda the cow and her friend Hop the pig build a variety of flying machines, hoping to fulfill her desire to take flight.

Audience:

3.2 Follett Library Resources

K-3 Follett Library Resources

General Note:

"A Paula Wiseman book."

Edition:

1st ed.

Physical Description:

[34] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Genre:

Stories in rhyme.

Picture books.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR. LG 3.5 0.5 11598

Subject Term:

Flight -- Juvenile fiction.

Perseverance (Ethics) -- Juvenile fiction.

Airplanes -- Juvenile fiction.

Friendship -- Juvenile fiction.

Cows -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Kellogg, Steven,

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers,

Publication Date:

2007

ISBN:

9780689868641

9781428764668

Publication Information:

New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007.

Call Number:

P KINERK

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That Irrepressible Clorinda!

One afternoon while taking the sun, a cow named Clorinda casually notices the flight of a passing barn swallow. "Oh, how I wish I could fly like a bird," thinks Clorinda. So (never mind that a cow never has), Clorinda resolves to be the first and to show the world how it's done. She flatly dismisses the reasoned misgivings of her dear friend Hop and then enlists the help of her dear friend Len. One way or another, Clorinda the cow will fly. Sky high!

But more important to the intrepid trio than their Lindbergh-like achievement is the warm, sustaining friendship that binds them together.

Just as in their first collaboration, Clorinda, Robert Kinerk and Steven Kellog team up in an adventure that soars above the aspirations of ordinary bovines. Clorinda Takes Flight will inspire picture book readers to follow their dreams, no matter how impossible the quests may seem.

Author Notes

Robert Kinerk is the author of Clorinda, illustrated by Steven Kellogg, which was an IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book, and about which Booklist said in a starred review, "Much applause for Clorinda." Mr. Kinerk grew up in Alaska and has worked as a journalist and playwright. He now lives with his wife, Anne, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Steven Kellogg is the beloved illustrator of more than one hundred books for children including Clorinda and Clorinda Takes Flight , and he has been awarded the Regina Medal for his entire body of work. Mr. Kellogg works in an old barn overlooking Lake Champlain in Essex, New York, where he lives with his family.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 3-The adventuresome cow returns. Clorinda is determined to fly and enlists the help of Hop the pig and Len the farmhand. Using scavenged parts, the three cobble together a plane (powered by Len's washing machine), a rocket (with canister vacuums), and a helicopter (a rowboat with oar "blades"), but each vehicle crashes. The trio finally succeeds with a hot-air balloon stitched together out of clothes from Len's wash line and filled with air heated by using sunlight and mirrors. Clorinda and Hop glide across the ocean for a visit with the Queen of England. Luckily, the generous monarch sends back a box of tea (wrapped in a Union Jack) for Len, who was unintentionally left behind. Never missing a beat, Kinerk's rhyming text celebrates friendship and cooperation: "Len, Hop, and the cow made a very good team./The guys kept her working, and she helped them dream." Kellogg's mixed water-based medium paintings show the immensity of the world and the characters' imaginations. The artist perfectly captures light, from buttery dawn to the indigo of space, and a fantastic in-between of a cloud-studded sky. Comic images abound, such as a rear view of Hop being knighted. Great fun for one-on-one sharing.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

Clorinda, who tried her hoof at ballet in Clorinda, dreams big once again in Clorinda Takes Flight by Robert Kinerk, illus. by Steven Kellogg. Observing a bird flying over the farm, Clorinda is determined to be the first airborne bovine. After several unsuccessful attempts, Clorinda finds herself aloft in a hot air balloon heading toward England. (S&S/Wiseman, $16.99 40p ages 4-8 ISBN 9780-689-86864-1; Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

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