Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Scholastic Inc.
Pages
32
Description
Describes the tropical rainforest and the life found there.
Description
Welcome to the green house, where day and night, the melodic prattle of exotic animals fills the air. The rich hues and tones described in the text explode in each illustration, and with every turn of the page, readers can feel the heat and vibrancy of this tropical paradise."Unlike the plethora of contrived or sentimental books on the subject, this one is simplicity itself -- eloquent and effective". -- Kirkus Reviews
-- "The next best thing to a guided tour". -- School Library Journal, starred review
-- "The next best thing to a guided tour". -- School Library Journal, starred review
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
059048091X / 9780590480918
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LibraryThing member suzecate
Besides having beautiful illustrations (thanks to Laura Regan), Welcome to the Green House has the most marvelous text of any ecology picture book I've read.
The book opens by describing a rain forest as a green house with ropey vines as view-framing windows and fallen leaves as a floor. Yolen's
"with the high chitter-chitter-rrrrr
of the golden lion tamarin
warning off intruders;
with the kre-ek, kre-ek, kre-ek
of keel-billed toucans
feeding on ripe, sweet figs"
Green House captures the richness of sounds, smells, and sights that is the rain forest. You won't find encyclopedia-like information here, but that belongs in another book - enjoy this one for its beauty. (ages 2-6)
The book opens by describing a rain forest as a green house with ropey vines as view-framing windows and fallen leaves as a floor. Yolen's
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text has a sophisticated simplicity that rolls off the tongue. Onomatopoeia abounds:"with the high chitter-chitter-rrrrr
of the golden lion tamarin
warning off intruders;
with the kre-ek, kre-ek, kre-ek
of keel-billed toucans
feeding on ripe, sweet figs"
Green House captures the richness of sounds, smells, and sights that is the rain forest. You won't find encyclopedia-like information here, but that belongs in another book - enjoy this one for its beauty. (ages 2-6)
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LibraryThing member anita.west
Welcome to the Green House is an informational book about tropical rainforests. In this book, the author and illustrator have made it easy for the reader to visit the rainforest through vivid illustrations and elegantly written text. This text introduces readers to the many life forms, temperature,
The illustrations in this book are amazing and the text is so descriptive. Through reading the story/test, it is easy to feel as if you are on location experiencing the scenes as they happen. This is a good example of how informational text can be written in a non-boring manner that will excite children about learning.
In the classroom I would definitely use this book and can think of many ways I could incorporate it as a teaching tool. As a classroom extension idea, I would love to incorporate an art project with this text. I would ask the students to pick their favorite text from the story (each page describes a new scene) and illustrate a page for the text. For example this is the text on one page, “ …and the quick-fingered capuchin make their slow-quick ways from room to room in the green house, in the dark green, light green, emerald green, blue green, ever-new green house.” The author has been so descriptive in her word choice that I believe the children will be able to envision what she is writing about and create neat pictures to illustrate her text. As a second idea, I would lead the children on an exploration of the rainforest. We would study the animals in the text because many of the animals mentioned are not the common animals children know already. We would locate tropical rainforests on a map so that the children can learn where rainforests exist.
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sounds and vivid colors that can be found in a tropical rainforest.The illustrations in this book are amazing and the text is so descriptive. Through reading the story/test, it is easy to feel as if you are on location experiencing the scenes as they happen. This is a good example of how informational text can be written in a non-boring manner that will excite children about learning.
In the classroom I would definitely use this book and can think of many ways I could incorporate it as a teaching tool. As a classroom extension idea, I would love to incorporate an art project with this text. I would ask the students to pick their favorite text from the story (each page describes a new scene) and illustrate a page for the text. For example this is the text on one page, “ …and the quick-fingered capuchin make their slow-quick ways from room to room in the green house, in the dark green, light green, emerald green, blue green, ever-new green house.” The author has been so descriptive in her word choice that I believe the children will be able to envision what she is writing about and create neat pictures to illustrate her text. As a second idea, I would lead the children on an exploration of the rainforest. We would study the animals in the text because many of the animals mentioned are not the common animals children know already. We would locate tropical rainforests on a map so that the children can learn where rainforests exist.
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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
For me, 3.5 stars. Just a bit too simplistic in content, and some of the lines from the poem get a little purple: a lunge of waking lizards, / a plunge of silver fish." Still, it is very pretty, and worth at least a look."
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Call number
J2M.1702