The Long List
December 9, 2009

All the World

"Rock, Stone, pebble, sand/Body, shoulder arm, hand/ A moat to dig/ a shell to keep/All the world is wide and deep." Caldecott Honor winner Frazee has created detailed and lovely pictures to accompany Liz Garton Scanlon's song celebrating awareness of the world around us. A joy to read aloud. Ages 3+.

 

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