Harris Finds His Feet
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.69 (922 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1561486167 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 28 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With help from his grandfather, Harris learns how to use his enormous feet to hop high into the sky. He climbs to the tops of mountains and runs really fast until suddenly he is on his own. And so begins a beautiful and remarkable story about a child's journey to independence. From the author and illustrator of Augustus and His Smile, winner of one of Child Magazine's Best Children's Book Awards.. "Why do I have such enormous feet, Grandad?" he sighed. Harris was a very small hare with very big feet. "All hares have bi
This is an adorable story of how a young hare, with his Grandad's help, learns to accept who he is! Harris the hare wasn't very big, but when he looked at his humongous feet, he felt very out of place. He asked his grandfather about those "enormous feet" and Grandad told him that he'd show him just why hares have them. Harris still looked a bit downcast, but Grandad had that all knowing look abo. Five Stars Sweet story.
The tale, told completely in spreads with one short block of text to each one, suffers from a lack of momentum, narrative tension, and a satisfying conclusion. Patrick's Catholic School, Charlotte, NCCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Their outing includes joyous hopping "to the top of the world," contented digging, and life-preserving running (from a wolf in the distance), and end when worn-out Grandad leaves Harris to go forth on his own. The screen print, watercolor, and ink illustrations, though lovely and evocative, don't do enough to make up for what the writing leaves out. Rayner's Augustus and His Smile (Good Bks., 2006) gives children a glimpse of this artist and illustrator's vast talent.—Lisa Egly Lehmuller, St. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1—Harris asks his granddad why he has such enormous feet, and the whiske
. Catherine Rayner is a Good Books author