IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA

by Janina -- Illus. Domanska ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 9, 1971

Mother Goose revived and triumphantly revitalized in mighty etchings whose daringly simple composite parts -- lines, curves, and colors -- generate momentum and yet invite, incite the eye to pause. That go-then-stop rhythm complements the natural rise-and-fall inflection of each pair of phrases (one line per double-page spread): ""If all the seas were one sea,/ what a great sea that would be.// And if all the trees were one tree,/ what a great tree that would be.// And if all the axes were one ax,/ what a great ax that would be.// And if all the men were one man,/ what a great man that would be.//// And if the great man/ took the great ax/ and cut down the great tree/ and let it fall/ into the great sea/ what a splish splash that would be!"" (And what a treat for the toothy whale of a predator overleaf.) What a resource for perceptual, even conceptual training -- and what a fun book to look at. Again.

Pub Date: Aug. 9, 1971

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1971

Categories: FICTION