Sunny-Side Up
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Bestselling author Jacky Davis and award-winning illustrator Fiona Woodcock celebrate family, love, and imagination in this vibrant and expressive picture book. Father-daughter time shines in this irresistible story about creativity, solving problems, and looking on the bright side when faced with obstacles. A great read-aloud for rainy days . . . or any day you’re stuck at home!
Drip, drip, drop.
With breakfast finished, an energetic young girl is ready to play. But it’s raining, and Dad says that she must stay inside. So, she crafts and she builds, she draws and she bakes. What else can she do to find the sunny side of a rainy day?
Keep gloominess at bay with Sunny-Side Up, a wonderful choice about resilience and the power of imagination. A perfect book to share at storytime, to celebrate Father's Day, and to encourage kids—and their parents and caregivers—to use creativity to overcome challenges.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
It starts out as a promising morning for a child, with a father-made breakfast of sunny-side up eggs and a grape juice chaser: "Yes! Purple lips and happiness." But when Daddy raises the shades, there's no sunshine outside, just "drips of gray sky covering everything," writes Davis (the Ladybug Girl series). In Woodcock's (Look) digitally enhanced rubber stamp, pencil, and watercolor illustrations, even the living room is drenched in mottled, dreary tones. Through a combination of her own ingenuity and parental nudging, the white-skinned, red-nosed child comes up with activities to make time pass, such as opening a pretend-play bakery for stuffed companions ("I make./ I make make-believe muffins and pies./ Ones that you might like to try?"), and an internal sunniness returns in fits and starts. Stippled with subtle textures, the settings always seem on the verge of dematerializing, underscoring the tenuousness of the child's mood. When the child's mother returns, the sun does emerge and soon, the whole day is no more than a dream. Readers should appreciate this realistic take on how much emotional stamina can be required to make it through a day gone wrong. Ages 4 8.
