The grey lady and the strawberry snatcher

The Grey Lady loves strawberries. But so does the Strawberry Snatcher, and unfortunately for the Grey Lady he is not far away and getting closer all the time. Closer and closer he gets, and yet the Grey Lady escapes him, in fantastic and marvelously improbable ways, until, in the heart of the

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forest the Strawberry Snatcher discovers instead blackberries.

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There are so many wonderful things about this book! It certainly comes as no surprise to me that it is a Caldecott winner. The illustrations are done with paint with the exception of the gray portions of the gray woman, the areas in which she blends with and her family, which are cutouts.
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the great things about the story is that it elicits a variety of moods: eeriness, happiness, fear, pleasure, etc. The strawberry snatcher, foe example, goes from appearing creepy to sneaky to small and scared to confused and finally satisfied when he makes a certain discovery in the end.
Themes throughout the story include color contrast (gray with various shades of green, red, orange and blue), trying new foods and sharing.

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Fantastic, gorgeous off the hook illustrations.
No words, but the story is great, a little creepy, multilayered, multicultural....the paper itself (arches grey?) becomes almost a character in the book as well. You just HAVE to see it. (and really LOOK at it, too). Perfect.

This was a true picture book with no text. This book would be a good book for many grades though. In lower grades you could let the children look at the picture and orally tell a story about what is happening. With older children you could let them write the story that goes with the book.

This book is about an old woman who bought strawberries, and someone is chasing her trying to get them. She goes into the forest where she hide. The person chasing her could not find her, but found a bush of raspberries and was happy. The woman went home, and her family ate all the strawberries. I

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did not like this book because its better for toddlers who are not in school.

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This is a book that tells a story with no words. The picture tells what is going on and leaves it up to the reader to figure out what is going on. The grey lady is running from a blue theif who is trying to snatch her basket of strawberries. She runs and runs and tricks the thief. She then gives

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the strawberries to her grandchildren.

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Great book--no words, but wonderfully detailed illustrations. Without words, you are able to create your own. Tells the story of the Grey Lady who is taking strawberries to her family, but she has to get them home before the Strawberry Snatcher takes them from her. The Grey Lady is smart though,

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and keeps the strawberries close to her, and in the end brings them to her family who eat them up. Fun story, different, would be interesting to read with kids of varying ages.

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This story is about a strawberry snatcher who tries to wrest the strawberries from the grey lady but as he follows her through shops and woods he discovers some delicious blackberries instead.

A kind scary looking wordless book with the Grey Lady being negative space except for face and hands. The blue imp pursues her after she buys some strawberries. Of course she gets home safely with the imp discovers blackberries.

Everybody loves a good fresh strawberry. When the lady in grey picks up a fresh batch of strawberries, she becomes the object of the snatcher's attention. With each thumb of the page, you find yourself keeping your fingers crossed that the grey lady escapes the determined, ruthless snatcher. This

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entertaining book will allure children of all ages to the curious characters and their surroundings. You can't help but feel a sense of hope that the grey lady escapes the strawberry snatcher. I let out a big sigh of relief when I saw the grey lady's family happily dining on the fresh, delicious, red strawberries.

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The woman purchases strawberries, but is followed by a strawberry snatcher. The woman hides in the woods, where the snatcher is distracted by a blackberry bush.

Great book for allowing children to create and tell their own story through the pictures.

Wonderful illustrations full of emotion and character. I was reminded throughout of old Grimm Fairytale by the creepiness and my almost scared feeling for the woman with the strawberry basket. I love the play on texture and color.

The Grey Lady leaves the store with some strawberries. However, a blue imp begins to follow her because he too wants strawberries. The gray lady manages to outwit the blue imp narrowly escaping at every turn. In the end the Grey Lady manages to escape for good and bring her strawberries back to her

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family, and the blue imp finds a blackberry bush to pick from. This is a wordless picture book with wonderful illustrations. The characters are extremely expressive, and the pictures are very colorful, I can definitely understand why it is a Caldecott honor book. Because it is a wordless picture book each student can come up with their own interpretation of the story making the story a more creative and interactive experience. The story could be used in the classroom to model making wordless picture books. Children could some up with their own wordless picture books, or could write a story for the wordless picture book of their choosing.

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A book illustrated with no text. Indeed, the illustrations outline and lead the story of an older lady who purchases strawberries for her family. Immediately, she is followed/stalked by a weird blue golum like figure who appears menacing in his intent.

Throughout the book there are close calls when

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he almost succeeds, yet each time, she outsmarts him.

In the end, she keeps the berries and takes them home to her family. The blue nasty creature finds a bush of berries and munches to heart's content.

This can be a frightening book for little children. Though, it doesn't hurt for them to learn that not everyone in life is lovely and that there are instances when nasty people steal and rob with no thought of civility.

I liked the illustrations and the creativity.

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This wordless picture books lures the reader in by telling the story of an old lady who purchases strawberries from the store, only to be followed and chased by the strawberry snatcher. This is an amazing wordless picture book. The illustrations are clear and concise and easy for the reader to

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follow. The complexity of the pictures such as when the strawberry snatcher reaches for the gray lady in the forest he comes to the realization that he may not be able to find her because she is using her surroundings to blend in to the gray forest around her. She uses her camouflage to escape and lead the snatcher to a field of berries free for picking.
The main idea of the book is to show that snatching and stealing are never right and if one only asks then others may be willing to share or show them how to find things on their own just as the gray lady leads the snatcher to the patch of berries at the end of the book.

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