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"Tip-toe, tippity toe Hip-hop, hippity hop Dig-deep, diggity deep Slither-slee, slithery slee Scritch-scratch, scritchity scratch Creep-crawl, creepity crawl" Join Little Mouse, Little Frog, Little Mole, Little Snake, and other baby critters as they creep, scritch, and slither their way to their respective Grandmas' houses. Jane Yolen, award-winning author of many books for young people, including Beneath the Ghost Moon: A Halloween Tale (also illustrated by Laurel Molk), has a knack for creating simple, magical tales of immense appeal to children. Molk's exquisite watercolors, with splashes of green following the frogs, and splotches of red-brown where the moles are digging, are full-page works of art. Young readers will want to climb right into the pages to slither with Little Snake and scritch-scratch with Little Duck. Subtle details, from the tiny flies evading Little Frog's tongue to the lichen-covered rocks under Little Spider's web, add plenty of visual interest to this charming read-aloud. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter
Author Notes
Jane Yolen was born February 11, 1939 in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1960 and a master's degree in education from the University of Massachusetts in 1976. After college, she became an editor in New York City and wrote during her lunch break. She sold her first children's book, Pirates in Petticoats, at the age of 22. Since then, she has written over 300 books for children, young adults, and adults.
Her other works include the Emperor and the Kite, Owl Moon, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight? and The Devil's Arithmetic. She has won numerous awards including the Kerlan Award, the Regina Medal, the Keene State Children's Literature Award, the Caldecott Medal, two Nebula Awards, two Christopher Medals, the World Fantasy Award, three Mythopoeic Fantasy Awards, the Golden Kite Award, the Jewish Book Award, the World Fantasy Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Little Mouse, Frog, Mole, Snake, Duck, and Spider are off to visit their grandmas-each one setting off, accompanied by its mother, across a double-page spread. Then, page by page, in repetitive, cumulative order: "Tip-toe, tippity toe/Hip-hop, hippity hop/Dig-deep, diggity deep-" they run. "Wherever Grandma's house is found-/In hole, in tree, or underground,/In web, or bog, or in a nest-/Why, Grandma's house is always best." The final quiet pond scene shows three generations of each family visiting together. Molk's soft watercolors feature larger-than-life-sized pond and woodland animals that fill the pages with action, impelling readers to turn each page, just as Yolen's bouncing three-line verses beg to be sung. A fine introduction to reading and to the skills of listening for sounds, rhyme, and repetition, this short piece will find many uses in the classroom. It's bound to become a favorite with little people and the grown-ups who read to them, as well.-Susan Scheps, Shaker Heights Public Library, OH (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Yolen's (Child of Faerie, Child of Earth) rhyming picture book chirps a chipper spring song about young animals off to a visit with Grandma. Little Mouse moves "tip-toe, tippity-toe," Little Mole begins to "dig-deep, diggity deep" and Little Spider does a "creep-crawl creepity crawl," each headed to a different but equally wonderful, place: Grandma's house. Though each has planned a separate journey, the animals find themselves playfully hopping, slithering and digging over and under one another as they all move along a grassy meadow. But as Yolen sums up: "Wherever Grandma's house is found--/ In hole, in tree, or underground,/ In web, or bog, or in a nest--/ Why, Grandma's house is always best." Featuring soft and cheery yellows and greens, Molk's (Good Job, Oliver!) sunny watercolors capture both the exuberance of the young woodland animals and the sprouting, hatching newness of the season. The book's horizontally expansive trim size helps convey the wealth of marshy textures and a sense of the fun journey as the creatures' anticipation increases. Ages 2-6. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved