![]() ![]() This is to reflect Ehlert's use of large, easy-to-read font, which not only lends itself to the aesthetic of the book, but makes it easier for little hands to point as they read. ![]() You'll notice that in both quotes I've used, I've made the text larger. "In the fall we buy some bulbs and plant them in the ground." bulb, seedlings, sprout, soil), her sentence structure remains very basic: Note that the colors used in the text for "rainbow" are the colors of the rainbow, in backwards order than children will later learn them in school (ROY G BIV, anyone?) This simple and yet careful attention to detail is characteristic of the book as a whole.īoth the language and illustrations Ehlert uses are developmentally appropriate for beginning readers and young children (not always the same thing!) Though she uses vocabulary specific to her topic of gardening (e.g. "Every year Mom and I plant a r a in b o w" The story is simple, and established in the very first line: ![]() ![]() This book is an excellent introduction for young children to the process and steps involved in growing a garden, as well as to a variety of colorful plant species. ![]()
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