  | Blanket where violet sits Author: Wolf, Allan | |
| Price: $22.58 | ||
Summary:
Violet sits on a blanket at night in a local park, equipped with telescope and space book to gaze up into the great beyond, imagining a rocket ride to the stars ... and a soft, sleepy return to her blanket.
| Illustrator: | Tobia, Lauren |
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (06/01/22)
Booklist (08/01/22)
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (00/07/22)
The Hornbook (00/07/22)
Full Text Reviews:
Booklist - 08/01/2022 Violet and her parents walk to a hilltop in a city park, hauling provisions and supplies, including a telescope. Sitting on a blanket, they enjoy a picnic as the sun sets and then turn their attention to the darkening sky. The text shifts its focus progressively from the family, their city, their planet, its moon, its sun, its solar system, and its spiral galaxy within thousands of clustered galaxies, encouraging listeners to consider the vastness of space: “Here’s the known universe, past comprehension, / billions of light-years in every direction, / and billions of galaxies out in the black. / There might be a Violet out there, looking back.” Step by step, using the rhyme, rhythm, and repeated images reminiscent of “The House That Jack Built,” the narrative returns to Violet sitting on her blanket in the park. Wolf uses the nursery rhyme’s structure effectively, sending listeners’ imaginations soaring before bringing them back to the familiar. Tobia’s pencil drawings, digitally enhanced with color and texture, create warm, inviting scenes in this mind-expanding picture book for young stargazers. - Copyright 2022 Booklist.
