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Margaret Wise Brown, the New York Times bestselling author of the perennial classics Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny, asks children to think deeply about the importance of everyday objects, from apples to spoons. With lyrical words and vivid illustrations by Caldecott winner Leonard Weisgard, The Important Book shows children just how important everyday objects can be.
What is the most important thing about a spoon? The fact that you can eat with it? What about an apple? Or a shoe? This bookhelps curious preschoolers notice important details about their everyday surroundings, like daisies are white, rain is wet, and a spoon is used for eating.
For the important thing about The Important Book is that the book resonates long after it’s closed. What’s most important about many familiar things–like rain and wind, apples and daisies–is suggested in rhythmic words and vivid pictures. “A perfect book. The text establishes a word game which tiny children will accept with glee,” said Kirkus.
Chosen as a “Teachers’ Top 100 Books for Children” by the American National Education Association.
“Rekindles the sense of wonder we were born with. True poetry about perceiving the world around us.”– Mark Frauenfelder, BoingBoing magazine
Publisher : HarperCollins
Publication date : 1 May 1999
Edition : Illustrated
Language : English
Print length : 24 pages
ISBN-10 : 0060207205
ISBN-13 : 978-0060207205
Item weight : 272 g
Reading age : 4 – 8 years
Dimensions : 0.97 x 18.75 x 25.4 cm
Grade level : Pre-school and up
Lexile measure : AD460L
Best Sellers Rank: 1,576,512 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) 976 in Children’s Early Learning Books on Sense & Sensation 1,649 in Stories in Verse for Children (Books) 2,129 in Children’s Early Learning Books on Words
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