ALICE SCHERTLE is an award-winning poet whose much-loved
books for children include All You Need for a Beach and All You
Need for a Snowman. She lives in Plainfield, Massachusetts.
JILL MCELMURRY is the celebrated illustrator of Our Nest by
Reeve Lindbergh as well as her own Mad About Plaid and I'm NOT a
Baby! She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Schertle's (All You Need for a Beach) rhyming stanzas are succinct, and she gives readers plenty of opportunities to chime in with animal and vehicle noises; colored, standout fonts highlight these sounds for extra effect. McElmurry's (Mad About Plaid) gouaches recall the heyday of Golden Books in their combination of vividness, naïveté and sweetness, and her rich palette achieves verisimilitude that is no less satisfying for being nostalgic. --Publishers Weekly, starred review (4/28/08)
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