Terry in the fourth grade.
Terry with her latest books, MOTHER GOOSE RHYMES.
TAE KWON DO!
FORECASTING FUN
PET JOKES THAT WILL MAKE YOU HOWL!
GREATEST GOOFIEST JOKES
GOOFY KNOCK-KNOCKS
TWO TALES OF HAWAI'I
TWO TALES OF HAWAI'I book launch. Red Rock Books, Ridgecrest, CA. Photo courtesy of Caroline Hatton.
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BLACKBERRY BANQUET
A Feast for Young Eyes and Minds!
Sylvan Dell Publishing
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HERE'S WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING...
...The rhyming text and repetition make this an enjoyable read-aloud: “Squirrel skips into the brambles thick./That snacking squirrel gives a great big lick./Slurp! Mmm-mm!/Tweet! Mmm-mm!/Squeak! Mmm-mm!” The illustrations give the fairly realistic animals great facial expressions that work perfectly with the text. The surprise they show when the bear arrives is a comic delight. An especially nice touch is the berry stains on all the faces–except poor Bear’s. The last four pages, “For Creative Minds,” offer information on blackberries, the food chain, native and nonnative plants, how plants and animals help each other, and a smoothie recipe. This section is for a variety of ages and can easily be modified to fit a specific grade level.
--School Library Journal (Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH)
In this delightful tale, several forest animals scramble to the blackberry bush in a “wee green wood” to feast on delicious berries...The animals, in the order they arrive, offer a squeak, tweet, slurp, yip, and chomp followed by a satisfied “Mmm-mm” as they snack on the berries. The repetitive build up of sounds in this cumulative tale allows listeners to “read” along after only hearing it a few times. Short text, punctuated with vivid verbs, keeps the pace flowing and the tale interesting...The author’s unique presentation allows readers to come away knowing much about which forest animals dine on berries without feeling they have been taught something...Teachers can’t go wrong with this entertaining book and the activities that contain math, science, geography, and language arts lessons.
---Nancy Attebury, Children's Literature
This snappy rhyming text has all the woodland animals zeroing in on a blackberry bush with its yummy, just-ripe treats. That is, until growly Bear turns up, sending them all scurrying in a farcical cascade of mishaps. But who will get the last berry--and the last laugh?
Pierce keeps the text light, with lots of appropriate onomatopoeia for all the animal noises when they're happily munching. Downey's lifelike art captures just a hint of whimsy in their gleeful gobbling. And, of course, there's more info on blackberries and their place in the "food web" and a yummy recipe for blackberry smoothie.
This is one of Sylvan Dell's better outings this season, with a more imaginative and sprightly treatment of a nature topic, but one that doesn't stray far from its factual basis.
---Anne Boles Levy, BookBuds.net
Woodland creatures great and small gather in a wee green wood to snack from a blackberry bush in this appealing rhythmic picture book by Terry Pierce. Perfect for read-alouds, children will love chiming in during the story’s mounting chorus which builds charmingly with each new blackberry diner. The arrival of a hungry bear provides the story’s amusing climax, and illustrator Lisa Downey wonderfully captures the animals’ expressive faces when greeted by the surprise guest. Blackberry Banquet is a ripe and juicy treat of a tale which children will happily pick off the bookshelf time and time again for a sweet reading snack. Mmm-mm!
---Rebecca Langston-George, Past President Kern Reading Association
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