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All Ears, All Eyes Hardcover – Picture Book, March 7, 2017
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What sails? What flies? Those…these, Down low, nearby, far off, up high.
Who listens? Who looks? Who hears? Who sees?
An homage to the melodies of nighttime, to each critter that sings, hoots, or glows, All Ears, All Eyes takes us on a moonlit journey where the landscape shimmers with Fantasia-like beauty. Where if you look and listen, you might spy an owl, a deer, a chipmunk—or—what else!—before falling asleep.
- Reading age4 - 8 years
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 3
- Lexile measureHL430L
- Dimensions8 x 0.4 x 11.13 inches
- PublisherAtheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
- Publication dateMarch 7, 2017
- ISBN-101481415719
- ISBN-13978-1481415712
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A forest night setting created with watercolor and digital techniques at first connotes quiet and stillness, but from beginning to end, this story encourages readers to look closer and listen deeper to discover a symphony of sight and sound. As the day starts to fade, an owl sits practically camouflaged in a tree, painted in the same blues and purples as the leaves. When night falls, the following pages repeat the technique, and many of the creatures cannot be seen until they, surprisingly and delightfully, become visible. This pairs well with the questions and cadence of the text (“What surprises? What sings? Crick-crick-crickets chirring in the thick-thick-thickets.”). There’s no need to fear the dark knowing that there’s such company stirring within it, and yet even with this noise and activity, the ending provides a gentle send-off to slumber. VERDICT This lovely, evocative selection is a guessing game and a soothing bedtime offering that’s perfect for reading aloud, especially to young animal and nature lovers. -- School Library Journal *STARRED* ― January 2017
Using words that glint and sparkle, Jackson (In Plain Sight) captures human perceptions of the forest at twilight. Lyrical (“as light falls and night rises”) and warm (“Nature’s ark glows”), Jackson’s fragmentary lines suggest a dialogue between two voices—an adult and a child?—and their observations create a darkness that is inviting, mysterious, and full of life, without being threatening. “What scoots between roots?” asks one voice as a porcupine scuttles past a towering tree. Spots of light suggest moonlight amid the dark greens, blues, mauves, and lavenders of Tillotson’s (Shoe Dog) artwork, making the environment easier to discern and the animals identifiable—an owl on a branch, a fox darting between tree trunks, a mouse on a limb. In other scenes, Tillotson concentrates on the way that the deepening twilight allows for only ghostly glimpses of the nearby creatures, like the silhouette of a cat that walks right in front of the reader (“Where? There! Shhh”). There are no fireworks, no high-flown language—just an immediate and vivid connection to the living world. Ages 4–8. (Mar.) -- Publishers Weekly, starred review ― 1/16/17
Look closely: Do you see the owl sitting in the leaves on the front cover? Are you all eyes? Now listen: Do you hear the chomping of raccoons, who are the same burnt orange as the sundown? Are you all ears? Whether you look up or down, there are messages everywhere. Jackson’s text, full of evocative words ( whirring, chirring, stirring), takes us on a journey into the growing darkness: at first, just a "dim-dimming woods"; later, the dark is “near brimming now.” The text, with rhyme that delights and surprises, is big and bold for main concepts, smaller and closer to the background hues when describing some of the animal action. Tillotson’s illustrations take us full circle, from bright leaves swirling on a white background on the opening end pages to luminescent ones swirling against the dark sky as the book closes. The colors of the approaching nightfall are soft, the images impressionistic, and lots of swirls and horizontal lines propel viewers forward. Like Mordicai Gerstein’s The Night World (2015), this is a celebration of the approaching darkness and all that happens in the night. Repeat visits reveal new images hidden within the illustrations, and the gentle text lends itself well to read-alouds. A lovely book from start to finish. — Edie Ching -- Booklist, STARRED REVIEW ― February 1, 2017
About the Author
Katherine Tillotson is the illustrator of several children’s books, including All Ears, All Eyes; All the Water in the World; Shoe Dog; and It’s Picture Day Today!. Ms. Tillotson lives in San Francisco with her husband. Visit her at KatherineTillotson.com.
Product details
- Publisher : Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books (March 7, 2017)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1481415719
- ISBN-13 : 978-1481415712
- Reading age : 4 - 8 years
- Lexile measure : HL430L
- Grade level : Preschool - 3
- Item Weight : 14.7 ounces
- Dimensions : 8 x 0.4 x 11.13 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #3,024,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,933 in Children's Environment & Ecology Books (Books)
- #14,919 in Children's Nature Books (Books)
- #98,941 in Children's Animals Books
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- Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2018The vocabulary is simple and aurally appealing. The art is gorgeous.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017Terrible, nothing like the preview - it doesn't even make sense half the time. Didn't bother reading it to my kid.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2017This picture book starts from the turn of the first page before the title page even appears. Questions are asked that let us follow the falling leaves into the book itself. The book layers words and questions, asking readers to look at the illustrations for the answers and creating rhymes that carry the reader deeper into the woods. The story follows a fox and a cat, as they make their way through the forest with an owl’s call haunting the air. Other sounds appear as well, inviting readers to guess what they are hearing and seeing. This is a sensory feast for children and an invitation to explore the night.
Jackson plays with language throughout the book. His poetry is layered and complex. It is created to be read aloud where the buried rhymes suddenly come through and the rhythms beat more strongly. Just as the book is about following sensory clues, the poetry is like that as well. You simply must give yourself up to the experience of reading it aloud rather than trying to control it at all. Throughout it is surprising, quiet and wild.
Tillotson’s illustrations are as rich and complex as the poetry. She crafts a wildness using perspectives and small details. Other pages are filled with darkness and near silence, then there is more to see and hear. Children will love looking for animals that they can just glimpse on the page: the porcupine disappearing into the darkness, the treefrog nearly invisible on a log.
A brilliant book to share aloud, this picture book is wild and free. Appropriate for ages 3-5.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018Illustrations and writing are superb. Beautiful illustrations with hidden figures, poetic writing, fun to read and a real treasure. Recommended
- Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2017This is a book that begs to be poured over again and again, so that children can find the abstracted animals on the pages, and listen to the beauty of language. A terrific bedtime read.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2017Beautifully illustrated and poetic. My kids loved finding the animals hidden in the forest scenes.