Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book. With her sister and coauthor, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Help Me, Mr. Mutt!; The Little Red Pen; and more.
Anne Miranda reads TOPS AND BOTTOMS, adapted and illustrated by award-winning Janet Stevens. Ages 4-7. A clever gardening rabbit outsmarts a lazy bear and solves his family's food troubles.
Hare solves his family's problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one's wits to overcome hardship. "As usual, Stevens' animal characters, bold and colorful, are delightful....
It's all wonderful fun, and the book opens, fittingly. Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book. With her sister and coauthor, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Help Me, Mr.
Mutt!; The Little Red Pen; and more. She is also the illustrator of the Epossumondas books, written by renowned storyteller Coleen Salley. Janet.
Hare solves his family's problems by tricking rich and lazy Bear in this funny, energetic version of an old slave story. With roots in American slave tales, Tops & Bottoms celebrates the trickster tradition of using one's wits to overcome hardship. It's a great story for kids to learn about rags to riches, making a deal, the actual tops or bottoms of vegetables, or about being fair to others.
You can make a lesson out of nearly anything with this book, so it's good for kids of all ages. I bought the Lovevery vegetable puzzle from the Adventures Playkit to pair with this book for my toddler. About the Author Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book.
With her sister and co-author, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed best-sellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy,Help Me, Mr. Mutt!, The Little Red Pen and more. Children learn that hard work and ingenuity can reap great rewards in this comical tale about a hare determined to outsmart a hopelessly lazy bear! Filled with beautiful illustrations and easy-to-follow text, the book is an entertaining read-aloud that also engages early readers with familiar themes, characters and hilarious hijinks.
Hardcover book by Janet Stevens is 40 pages. About the Author Janet Stevens is the author and illustrator of many beloved picture books, including Tops & Bottoms, a Caldecott Honor Book. With her sister and coauthor, Susan Stevens Crummel, she created the acclaimed bestsellers The Great Fuzz Frenzy; Help Me, Mr.
Mutt!; The Little Red Pen; and more. The children use the vegetable cards to sort by those that we eat the tops of and those that we eat the bottoms of. Mathematics/Patterns & Measurements; begins t make comparisons between several objects based on a single attribute.