Graced with a compelling beauty, this gifted author/illustrator's imaginative story presents a timeless message to young readers. Like its predecessor, their lives unfold in a three-chapter format, including Mrs. The luxuriant artwork blends the use of dark, saturant color and dry over dry painting to create stunning spreads. Keith Bakers reptile couple returns for More Mr. As each creature's unique structure is made evident, a lesson about the tremendous value of the animals and plants that inhabit our world speaks softly through Baker's ( The Magic Fan ) rhythmic text. One pair of green eyes beholds a mirror image when the tiger comes upon a snake.

Meet the peas - the alphabet peas And get ready to roll through the ABCs. In the final pages, Baker gives his narrator a reward: the bird hovers right outside the window, pausing long enough to discern that the protagonists scarlet paintbrush is not another flower. One whiskered face studies another as the tiger stares past his own reflection to a whiskered fish beneath the surface. Author: Keith Baker, Illustrator: Crystal Taliefero. As the patterns and colors of the densely foliated habitat become familiar, so the parallels between creatures become obvious. The swipe of a majestic striped tail, the flash of hypnotic green eyes and the gleam of pristine white from the underside of massive paws flicker in the undergrowth. Traces of the beast are detected by the other forest animals as a magnificent young tiger makes his way through the jungle.

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