All in a Day

This is a really sweet story filled with hope, faith, and dreams. It's a lesson in appreciating what we have, right now. Not what we had or what we will have or be.

this book was awesome, it teaches all that a day can bring. basically that the attitude we give it is how our day will go. great paper cut illustrations

Simple and rhyming, this is a book brimming with optimism about the opportunities and possibilities in a day,

" A day can change just everything,
given half a chance.
Rain could show up at your door
and teach you how to dance."

The illustrations are in single shades of white, black, pale blue and yellow

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- reminiscent of this year's Caldecott Medal book, The House in the Night - simple and peaceful in keeping with the sparse, large print text. A beautiful book.

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Genre: Realistic Fiction

Review: This author writes a realistic fiction about why it is important to live each day to the fullest. This is a realistic fiction book, because the story about a boy showing what is good about each new day could happen, but it isn't a real story.

Setting: The setting of

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this story takes place mostly outside. This fits the story well because the main idea of the story is to show that each new day is just as important as the last.

Media: Cut pape

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I just love the simplicity in Nikki McClure's art. She uses a single piece of black paper and cuts out the images and keeps everything connected at the same time. The black and white images with either yellow or blue backgrounds really make the pictures pop.

Grades P-2. The gentle, rhyming text follows a farm boy through his day, and celebrates the simple joys of climbing trees, planting seeds, making wishes, exploring puddles, and snuggling up with Mama.

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner: 4.1.2 read widely and fluently to make connections

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with self, the world, and previous reading; 4.1.3 respond to literature and creative expression of ideas in various formats and genres.

Rylant, C. & McClure, N. (2009). All in a day. New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc.

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As I heard a child say "that book looks old". It is not a cover that will draw a child in, but hopefully their parent will pick it up, sit their child down and share this wonderfully simple and poetic story of a boy's day. Maybe it will give the parent an idea or two of something they can go out

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and do with their kid!

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Rylant is the author of one of my favorite Newbery books. Missing May remains at the top of the list, and I've read many Newbery's.

Thus, I'm not surprised that All in a Day grabbed hold and didn't let go. It is deceivingly simple. But, as most things that take time and practice to craft appear

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seamless, this book is no exception.

The joy of living shines through each and every page. The pages are filled with gems of wisdom. Again, in life things that seem trite, and phrases that seem overused, are just that for a reason -- there is difficulty in putting feelings into words. Rylant shines through in her ability to accomplish this!

The art work appears older than the time frame of the publication. The drawings are lusciously quaint, tried and true!

Here are some of the pearls of wisdom:

"A Day Brings Hope!"
"A Day Can Change Just Everything If Given 1/2 a Chance!"
"The Past Is Sailing Off To Sea; The Futures Fast Asleep;
A Day Is All You Have to Be; It's All You Get To Keep!"

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My thoughts on her lovely insights:

Ask anyone who suffers from chronic pain; Ask anyone who has lost a loved one; Ask anyone who knows their days are limited as they still reach high in the tree for the last golden day of summer and grasp the shining apple...and they will tell you to hold fast to life, to hold fast to hope and to keep it close and treasure.

In a mere 32 pages, the author and illustrator have done an incredible job of celebrating life!

Highly recommended. While this may be a children's book, truly adults will have a wisdom of years and very deep appreciation of the truth and beauty conveyed.

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This is a simple poetic text about savoring the beauty of the day. The illustrations are done in three colors, which is okay by me. The book was well done overall.

This book is about living life to the fullest. Taking advantage of every minute and every second.

Nice illustrations! Cut out illustrations.

A really lovely book. Would be a nice gift to give. I picked this one up because of the illustrations. The story is short and very sweet. Reminds us that each new day is a gift to behold - what will you do with it?

I enjoyed reading this book! Although there is not a lot of text and the illustrations are not as in depth as others, it is a feel-good read and would work best for a K-2 classroom! I think that this book would work really well as a read-aloud because it is an uplifting book and can be used as a

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motivation or bridge between subjects in order to keep the students moods happy! Also, the inclusion of the rhyme scheme can help younger elementary students to work on their inferences when coming to the end of a phrase. For example, a page would read “There is a faith in morningtime, there is belief in noon. Evening will come whispering and shine a bright round ____”. But the teacher would not read the last word of that phrase/stanza and have the students guess the word based on the rhyme scheme and the context clues.
I believe that the illustrations works well for this book because of the overall simplicity and innocence surrounding it. Because the theme/main message of this book is to live every day and cherish the life you have, the simple, 3-color illustrations correspond well by not overwhelming the reader and keeping the mood airy and light. Also, having the main character be a young boy and the adventures/scenes that he sees and lives emphasizes the main message of “live your life and treasure everything”.

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The illustration in this book makes the book entirely. Alot can be done in a day, and the book is a quick read.