Mary Margarets Tree (Hardcover)
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PreSchool-Grade 2?As Mary Margaret plants a tree, she begins to shrink as it grows tall. She climbs up to observe the tree and nature from a bird's-eye perspective over the course of four seasons. The young girl sees a robin's...
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PreSchool-Grade 2?As Mary Margaret plants a tree, she begins to shrink as it grows tall. She climbs up to observe the tree and nature from a bird's-eye perspective over the course of four seasons. The young girl sees a robin's eggs hatch from her place snug inside a large white flower. In the fall, Mary Margaret catches a ride on a leaf flying into a cave of hibernating animals, where she spends the winter. She awakens in spring to the strange sensation that she is growing roots and shoots. She is a tree?until her mother calls her in to dinner. Acrylic paintings depict the child's fantasy. The suspension of disbelief required to make this fantasy a success is marred by often jarring illustrations. Seasonal transitions from spring to summer seem reversed. Readers see Mary Margaret in the tree in full bloom covered in a variety of fruits and next she observes the birth of baby robins. In the picture that shows her climbing the tree, she doesn't appear to be holding on to anything. Neither the acrylic paintings nor the text provide a smooth seque from reality to Mary Margaret's fantasy. The result is an unsuccessful and somewhat disturbing book. David Wiesner's Free Fall (Morrow, 1991) and Hurricane (Clarion, 1990) are more successful fantasies with nature.?Susan M. Moore, Louisville Free Public Library, KY Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. See all Editorial Reviews
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