Four In All

By Nina Payne

Book Overview

A child's epic adventure is depicted brilliantly in this elegant and visually stunning collaboration between a mother and son. The poet--Nina Payne--conjures the world in all its symmetry and beauty,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1886910162
• ISBN13: 9781886910164
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Front Street, Incorporated
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Four In All

GREAT for kids and parents. A BEAUTIFUL book that everyone should own! i wish there were 50 stars that i could use to rate this book!

A book for collectors

I collect picture books. This one is different from all the others I have. The text is a poem consisting of seven pairs of lines. Each line has four words: Fork Plate Knife Spoon -- Morning Evening Midnight Moon. ... The pictures tell a story of their own, they do not "illustrate" the poem. The poem is the music for the pictures, or, maybe, it's the other way round. This is a book for all ages. Even very young children can memorize the poem and discover the story told by the pictures. For adults, it's a book of art and poetry. I think it's misleading to sell it for "reading level 4 to 8".

A Best Book

Just a note: this book appears on School Library Journal's Best Books of 2001 list (SLJ December 2001).

Enchanting story

This book is remarkable. The poem uses simple words in fun rhythms while the story is told through the beautiful illustrations. It's a tale of a young girl setting off on an adventure through the world - she crosses a bridge, builds a house, meets a bear, crosses an ocean and eventually makes her way back home to her loving family. It's a pleasure to read aloud and to find the details in the pictures. I bought copies for all my favorite kids.