Drawing Outdoors
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
"This inspired story about the magic of art, nature, and educators is a breath of fresh air.”—Booklist
“Full of wonder... Schoolhouse bliss.”—Kirkus STARRED Review
Let’s all draw dinosaurs … outdoors!
In this remarkable picture book, a group of students spend an unforgettable day drawing dinosaurs outside with their extraordinary teacher.
Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library. But at this school in a faraway mountain range, things are a little different. There’s a blackboard, some chairs … and not much else. But with the help of an extraordinary teacher and a little imagination, anything is possible!
The students in this spirited picture book spend their days drawing dinosaurs outdoors. They draw astounding, spectacular creatures that come to life before their eyes, and turn their school into a wondrous place, where any child would want to go and learn.
Drawing Outdoors celebrates the amazing impact of teachers, and the wonderful worlds kids can create while drawing. A perfect gift for a beloved teacher, kids who love dinosaurs, and aspiring artists!
An Aldana Libros Book, Greystone Kids
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Dinosaurs inspire a day of creativity for the student body of a remote mountain school in this charming translation. Though "our school has almost nothing. A blackboard, some chairs," it does have "a teacher. She's always there." And today, she leads the class, which includes students of various skin tones, on an excursion: "We are explorers, we have paper, we have crayons." In a wonderful moment of unexplained surprise, a purple brontosaurus peeking out between some riverfront trees becomes the students' first subject, and other classics soon become artistic fodder. Presented as a first-person account, the narrative draws its minimal momentum largely from plainspoken dialogue. While it's not difficult to spot the dinos, their positioning and depiction is handled with enough subtlety to provide the feel of adventurous page-turning discovery. Ages 5–9.
