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Dewey Decimal Number: 811.6 EAN: 9780606331135 ISBN: 0606331131 Label: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Manufacturer: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: March 31, 2005 Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Related Items:
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 Rating: - simply beautiful and beautifully simpleThe art is attractive, clear, and offers some surpising perspective changes (for example when the girl scares off 4 birds as seen from above all the action.) The haiku is clear, beautiful and accesible to young listeners. Several have a gentle humor that is really appealing. There are several footnotes which explore Japanese culture and provide more depth to the story built into this counting book, which I think is an asset. The last picture of the book encorporates all the the ... Read More Rating: - Counting to ten in a Japanese garden through haikuIt makes sense to adopt a non-traditional definition of haiku for this counting book that looks at the hidden secrets of a Japanese garden. So what is impressive is that the haiku in this volume follow the traditional five-seven-five syllable pattern. "One Leaf Rides the Wind" combines the haiku poems of Celeste Davidson Mannis with the illustrations of Susan Kathleen Hartung, created using oil paint glazes on sealed paper as we follow a young girl as she counts her discoveries in and about a garden. ... Read More Rating: - Simply Gorgeous!This book has it all! Beautiful words, pictures and more. It is a misnomer to pass this off just as a counting book. It is poetry, it is art, it is entertainment and it is educational too. What a thrill to be able to sound so knowledgeable about Japanese gardens when asked questions by my little one, thanks to the very discreet information portions of each well designed page. The best part was the final image where we could see the whole garden and recount our journey while counting up all the elements ... Read More Rating: - Took my breath awayTook my breath away my son giggled smiled laughed this book is a treat 
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