This gentle ode to a teacher’s skill at inspiring, encouraging, and being a role model is spoken, presumably, from a child’s viewpoint. The beautifully simple pictures are a sweet, kid- and parent-appealing blend of comic-strip style and fine art the cast of children depicted is commendably multiethnic.Īlthough the love comes shining through, the text often confuses in straining for patterned simplicity.Ī paean to teachers and their surrogates everywhere. Some of the wordplay, such as “more can than knot” and “more pause than fast-forward,” will tickle older readers with their accompanying, comical illustrations. The line reads: “I wish you more treasures than pockets.” Most children will feel the better wish would be that he had just the right amount of pockets for his treasures. Then there's a picture of a boy on a beach, his pockets bulging with driftwood and colorful shells, looking frustrated that his pockets won't hold the rest of his beachcombing treasures, which lie tantalizingly before him on the sand. His feet are visible, but it's not clear whether he's floating in the deep end or standing in the shallow. The line “I wish you more tippy-toes than deep” accompanies a picture of a boy happily swimming in a pool. It starts out simply enough: two children run pell-mell across an open field, one holding a high-flying kite with the line “I wish you more ups than downs.” But on subsequent pages, some of the analogous concepts are confusing or ambiguous. 4-10)Ī collection of parental wishes for a child. Knuckle down and purchase this book or teachers will make your lives wretched. Reed combines acrylic paint with collage to maximum effect: Each of the silent letters has a personality all its own, while her cartoon stick figures convey all the emotion and energy needed to carry the story.
Within the text itself, silent letters are highlighted whenever they appear. Chaos ensues, but then the silent letters parade out of the closet, finally to get the credit they deserve. They express their opinion in a perfectly typed letter to the editor, but just before they hit send, the dumbfounded silent letters sneak out and hide. In fact, the students have had it with silent letters and the difficulty they cause in spelling lessons.
Wright’s class still does not appreciate them. Even though the silent letters never make a fuss or complain, Mr.
Pulver and Reed have once again managed to craft a book so clever and fun that both teachers and students alike will be enthralled ( Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day, 2006, etc.).
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