Out and about

by Shirley Hughes

Book Overview

From mud pies to mist, from sand castles to snow, this year-round collection of original verse celebrates the out-of-doors with the same joy small children bring to it. "The poems would be worth reading without the artwork, but here it almost steals the show."--Booklist.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688076904
• ISBN13: 9780688076900
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.1" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

My favorite Children's book

I love this book so much! I wish they would reprint it I would buy a copy for every baby shower I went to. Precious book!

To the publisher: please reprint this book.

In total agreement with other readers, I admire this book very much. I wanted recently to buy two copies, one for each granddaughter and lo, it is out of print. Furthermore, I have listed it in the books for children section of the yet-to-be published 7th edition of -Science Experiences for the Early Childhood Year. And I read it to my classes. I hope it comes out in paperback!

Great, and looks like little kids being active!

A wonderful, seasonable drama that involves all the colorful activities that small children are fascinated by, i.e. dogs, wind and leaves, outdoor messes, etc...

Excellent read-aloud book

Shirley Hughes wrote this with a musical ear for language. It is presently my hands-down favorite for reading to my two-year old. It is writing that adults can appreciate for almost haiku-like grace, and that appreciation can be passed on to the youngest readers. The illustrations match the poems superbly, and there are four mural-like double-page spreads, one for each season, that are each pictures the child can wander about visually, and I have had long talks with my son about what he sees in these pictures. An almost ideal children's book in my opinion.

Excellent children's poetry with beautiful illustrations

This book makes a fabulous addition to any children's library ages 3-8. My daugthers, 4 and 7, love the detailed beautiful illustations and the poems that walk through the seasons. A great combination of 'picture book' for the youngest and a great first reader for the older set.