Slow Down, Tumbleweed! is not in Tumbleweeds vocabulary. Feeling the world is only worth living if they are flying and rushing through it, Tumbleweed is always go go going! They never stop to take a breath. That is, not until they become stuck on a fence on a farm. At first, Tumbleweed is sad, crying, missing the sights around them (such as a handsome badger). But soon they realize, there is much more to life when you stop and be still, when you stop and see what is all around you.
And while Haven Iverson has done a lovely job of telling us Tumbleweeds story, I was hoping for a short collection of Tumbleweed stories. A Mouse Soup collection like Arnold Lobel created. Therefore, I hope Iverson creates a few other stories about Tumbleweed.
Especially if Robert Sayegh Jr creates the illustrations. They are cute and not overly colorful, but not dull either. They have a feeling of the setting of the story. They are sweet, and though we are in a dry climate, and the main character is made from twigs and sharp edges, soft and cute. They are pleasant to view and to read along with the text.
The publisher description says for ages four to eight, but I can see slightly younger liking the fact the tumbleweed is silly and bouncy, and the older group being a bit on the “it is a smidgen young side for me” of things. Though it does work well for a group or one-on-one read aloud.
And while Haven Iverson has done a lovely job of telling us Tumbleweeds story, I was hoping for a short collection of Tumbleweed stories. A Mouse Soup collection like Arnold Lobel created. Therefore, I hope Iverson creates a few other stories about Tumbleweed.
Especially if Robert Sayegh Jr creates the illustrations. They are cute and not overly colorful, but not dull either. They have a feeling of the setting of the story. They are sweet, and though we are in a dry climate, and the main character is made from twigs and sharp edges, soft and cute. They are pleasant to view and to read along with the text.
The publisher description says for ages four to eight, but I can see slightly younger liking the fact the tumbleweed is silly and bouncy, and the older group being a bit on the “it is a smidgen young side for me” of things. Though it does work well for a group or one-on-one read aloud.