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A child experiences the sights and sounds of morning--from the bee buzzing outside to the noise of the awakening household to the flurry before Daddy and Mommy leave for work and Grandma comes to spend the day. Buzz celebrates the warm familiarity of the family routine, as well as the childlike game of discovering a recurring sound-- buzzzz --within the hubbub of daily life. *An acclaimed poet's first picture book *A playful concept book that explores sound *Portrays a contemporary parent-child relationship, with appeal for working parents
Author Notes
JANET S. WONG is an award-winning author of picture books and poetry for young readers. Her picture books include Apple Pie Fourth of July, Hide and Seek, and Buzz, all illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine, and The Trip Back Home, illustrated by Bo Jia. She lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
MARGARET CHODOS-IRVINE is the author and illustrator of Best Best Friends and Ella Sarah Gets Dressed, a Caldecott Honor Book. She also illustrated Apple Pie Fourth of July, Hide and Seek, and Buzz, all by Janet S. Wong, Once Around the Sun by Susan Marie Swanson, Only You by Robin Cruise, and My House Is Singing by Betsy R. Rosenthal. Margaret Chodos-Irvine lives in Seattle, Washington.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-K-"Buzz" is the sound of a bee outside a little boy's window as he awakens one morning. It's also the sound of his parents' alarm clock, his father's shaver, the blender whirring his banana shake, and myriad other activities that culminate in the doorbell's "Buzzz" that announces his Grandma's arrival and Mommy's swift departure "so she can fly BUZZ outside like a busy bee." From the black-and-gold striped endpapers to the bold typeface of the oft-repeated sound, and right down to the mother's bee-striped socks, the concept underlying this book will be apparent to even the youngest listeners. The comfort that is derived from the familiar and routine is reflected in the retro-looking illustrations (created with a variety of printmaking techniques) that have the flat, bold quality of graphic art. While the text is simple and straightforward, it drives the story along and occasionally offers moments of whimsy and lyricism. The lifestyle portrayed here is decidedly middle class, with its coffee grinders, gardeners, and automatic garage doors, but this child savors the morning's events in a way that is universally appealing. Storytime audiences will "buzz" right on cue with this charming vignette of one family's bustling a.m. schedule.-Carol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Wong turns from the nearly surreal, hypnotic world of Night Garden to this wide-eyed, cheerful tale offering a boy's view of a busy weekday morning. From the opening spreads, an industrious bee acts as the guiding spirit and its buzz as the leitmotif: the boy translates its hum to the "BUZZZbuzzzBUZZZbuzz" of his parents' snores, an alarm clock, a coffee grinder, a doorbell and his toy airplane's ill-fated flight over the breakfast table; bold type emphasizes the onomatopoeia. It's a hectic household, but Wong's story emphasizes the boy's reassuring routine in her insistent staccato prose: "BUZZZ I run to the front door when Grandma comes and I kiss Grandma hello and I kiss Mommy good-bye so she can fly BUZZ outside like a busy bee." In her first children's book, Chodos-Irvine combines the appealing blocky shapes of cut-paper collage with the delicacy of woodcuts on backgrounds such as the parents' clothing and the wallpaper. She knowingly shows a boy managing his world, whether it is in the image of his small body's outsize shadow filling the door of his parents' bedroom as he shouts "Wake up!" or the boy aping his father as he shaves (using a toy car as his razor). This joyful book will strike a resonant chordDespecially for the many children with two working parents. Ages 3-7. (May) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved