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__**Book review by: Gabrielle Papale **__

- Title: In the Small, Small Pond - Written by: [|Denise Fleming] - Illustrated by: Denise Fleming - Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - Publication date: 10/15/1998 - Purchase: Barnes & Noble (Paperback) $7.99 - ISBN-13: 9780805059830 - Edition description: First Edition - Pages: 32 - Sales rank: 76,168 - Age range: 4 – 5 Years - Product dimensions: 9.91 (w) x 9.69 (h) x 0.12 (d) - Language: English - Award: Caldecott Medal
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">This story is about an energetic frog who takes a tour around the pond. It is spring time where animals are at work and play. A frog decides to explore the pond life. The frog interrupts the other animals. The season passes into summer as the frog runs into tadpoles, geese, dragon flies, turtles, herons, minnows, whirligigs, swallows, beetles, and crayfish. Now the leaves start to change. The frog comes upon ducks, a raccoon, and muskrat. Snow starts to fall as the cold winter is coming. The frog sees a goose. All the animals go through the seasons. Since it is winter time the animals go into their warm places to wait for spring to come again. Along the tour many animals were seen such as bugs, birds, reptiles, mammals, rodents, and more. This story shows children what lives in and around the pond during the different seasons.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">In the Small, Small Pond is a book that I liked when I was younger. This book is a great book for teaching children how to rhyme. The rhyming text provides action and description. The font is large and bold, and the colors are vibrant. The text feature has phonological elements that include alliteration, rhyme, and onomatopoeia. A sense of movement is portrayed through the images in the story. Overall, I feel that this book is a good book. It teaches children the different seasons. It also teaches children what animals live in and around a pond.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">The literary element that I feel is the most important is illustrations. The illustrations in the story introduce nature and the seasons. The illustrations are handmade by pouring colored cotton pulp through hand-cut stencils onto paper. The animals are portrayed in a bold form that makes the image come to life because of the vibrant color. The frog is bright green and has a constant presence in each illustration. The colors are eye-catching, the images are humorous, and the illustrations are interesting to all.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; line-height: 1.5;">Denise Fleming was born in Toldeo, Ohio on January 31, 1950. She published her first painting in the third grade. She started to take classes at the Toledo Museum of Art at a young age. One of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher’s magazine. She went to college at Kendall College of Art and Design in Michigan. She started in a degree for advertising design and then moved to illustrations. She graduated with a degree in illustrations. Her first book was well received and so was her sequel. She is now an author of children’s books. Denise is still alive today.
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