Up Above and Down Below

by Sue Redding

Overview

Ants march on a picnic and turn it upside down,
returning with treats for friends underground.

Up above, the ants are taking over a picnic. But down below is another story. Look closely and you'll find very different worlds living side by side, at a picnic, in the ocean, in the blazing desert, even inside the same two-story home. Sue Redding's bold, wonderfully detailed illustrations hide lots of fun and mischiefkeep an eye out for the red ant and green worm who have snuck into every picture!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452126845
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	02/08/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sue Redding is an award-winning graphic designer and Associate Professor of Industrial Design at the California College of the Arts. This is her first children's book.

Editorial Reviews

PreS-K-Each spread illustrates activities above and below ground in specific locales: a house and its cellar, a stage, a picnic spot, the Antarctic, a jungle, a city street, a desert, a vegetable garden, two boats, a golf course, and a suburban street. The colorful, computer-generated pictures are elaborate and interesting. Most of the below-ground scenes are fairly plausible, but others include animals playing cards, reading, etc. The one beneath the golf course humorously shows gophers using machinelike contraptions to recycle golf balls. The scenes are separated by rhyming couplets. Unfamiliar words such as "performing," "crew," "unaware," and "conceals" offer good teaching moments. Children will want to pore over the details and think about the many activities depicted in the art. Pair this title with Arlene Mosel's The Funny Little Woman (Puffin, 1993) for another amusing depiction of what goes on above and below ground.-Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, Waterford, NJ Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

"Guaranteed fun for interactive, one-on-one read-alouds." -Booklist

"Children will want to pore over the details and think about the many activities depicted in the art." -School Library Journal

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