ACTIVITIES * TEACHING RESOURCES * LESSON PLANS * REVIEWS
 Winner of the 2017
Phoenix Picture Book Award |
Tell Me a Season by Mary McKenna Siddals illustrated by Petra Mathers Clarion Books / 1997 Picture Book Nature displays different colors to announce the seasons of the year and the time of day. LOOK INSIDE! - sample pages BUY at Amazon.com (U.S.) BUY at Amazon.ca (Canada) BUY from a local bookseller |
ACTIVITIES
What Color Is It?
(online activity) Color the Rainbow (online story) Can you identify each of The Four Seasons? (online game) Spin your way through the Four Seasons (online game) Cycle Round and Round through the seasons (online game) Experiment with colors in Paint Splat (online game) Match colors with words (four online games) Explore color with Magic Paint Brush (online game) Play Darby's Colorful Music Keys (online game) Make music with a colorful Water Xylophone TEACHING RESOURCES and LESSON PLANSDress up a tree for a season! (activity/lesson plan)
Mother Nature's Color Game (outdoor game) Four Seasons - a traditional Chinese game Day and Night Activity Theme (activities) Seasons module storybook & learning activities (GLOBE program - free downloads) Journey North - Journey South Tracking seasonal change (online exploration) Let's Think About Day and Night (lesson plan) Paint a Morning, Noon and Night Triptych (activity) The Colors of Nature (lesson plan/worksheet) Activities for The Colors of Us by Karen Katz (pdf) What Color Am I? project (pdf - lesson plan) |
REVIEWSA book of simple but deeply gratifying pleasures.
—Publishers Weekly The pages will be smudged by the enthusiastic pointing of little fingers. —Kirkus Reviews Cheerful yet elegant, spare yet satisfying, compact yet enveloping... Both author and artist capture the seasons with poetic intensity and wonder... —American Library Association Booklist Vibrant watercolors reflect the text's simplicity and clarity. --The Horn Book This small and simple concept book... is well done without being overdone, and the size (a square seven inches) is just right. —School Library Journal All-season bedtime read. --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books One house and two young children move through the seasons with the help of clear, expressive words and jewel-like art. —"Capitol Choices" Noteworthy Books for Children A preschool audience will delight in the friendly words and bold, colourful images. —Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Brings the seasons alive through descriptive text and vivid illustrations.... —Education Today "Great Picks" Each painting seems to evolve into the next, just as the seasons do. This is a small, beautiful book. Grab it. —Ellen Freilich in Variety Online Entertainment Report A visually stunning introduction to colors and the calendar. —Books for Growing Minds The text is simple but musical... Petra Mathers' art shines... Great for the very young. —Eileen Spinelli in A Child's Book Nook A fine, small-size book for teaching young children about seasons, colors, and day/night, as well as for developing early awareness of nature and observation skills. --Infotech The sophistication and wit here make this book a stand-out. --Yellow Brick Road Click here for Goodreads Reviews |