  | Finding Treasure : a collection of collections Author: Schaub, Michelle | |
| Price: $21.88 | ||
Summary:
Told in rhyming text, a child approaches a school assignment by exploring the collections of family members and friends, and embarking on a personal quest to develop a collection. Includes a note and suggestions for children starting a collection.
| Illustrator: | Saldana, Carmen |
Reviews:
School Library Journal (09/01/19)
Full Text Reviews:
School Library Journal - 09/01/2019 PreS-Gr 2—When a teacher asks his students to bring in something they collect, one girl is at a loss since she doesn't collect anything. Checking with her family members and friends, she discovers that they all collect something: teapots, snow globes, baseball cards, trains, and clocks are a few of the highly prized items. The brightly colored, digitally created illustrations reveal the many types of collections people own. At least one full page is devoted to each collection and the child describes them in a variety of poetic forms from rhyming couplets to free verse. One example of her poetry is called "My Mother's Button Box" and begins: "Shiny ones/of shell and glass./Pearly circles,/swirls of brass./Anchors snipped/from navy coats./Plastic hearts,/wooden boats." Readers will be both surprised and pleased when they find out what the child has decided to collect. The author provides information on how to begin a collection, including a web address for clubs for collectors. VERDICT This title will inspire children to at least consider beginning a collection if they don't already have one.—Maryann H. Owen, Oak Creek Public Library WI - Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.
