Lisa Book Shelf : I See Summer

From lemonade in the shade to picnics in the park, summer is all around us.

Charles Ghigna (also known as Father Goose) lives in a treehouse in Alabama. He is the author of more than 100 award-winning books for children and adults from Random House, Capstone, Disney, Hyperion, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Abrams, Charlesbridge and other publishers. His poems appear in hundreds of magazines from The New Yorker and Harper’s to Cricket and Highlights. He is a former poetry editor of the English Journal and nationally syndicated feature writer for Tribune Media Services.

Ag Jatkowska has been drawing and playing with color ever since she can remember. She loved to create as a child and dreamed of being an artist from a very young age. Ag now lives in Bath and works as a full-time illustrator and she has been dealing with illustration, graphic design, greeting cards, stationery and photography. Ag graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk (Poland) with a MA in Graphic Design and Illustration. She really enjoys illustrating children and animal characters, creating their personalities visually, and making them come alive on the page. She has produced illustrations for various publishers. In her spare time she loves to discover new places, spending time with her husband and her little son, she loves children books, film, yoga and chocolate. More of her work can be seen via her blog: http://www.agjatkowska.blogspot.com and her website: http://www.agnieszkajatkowska.com –This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

On my book shelf:

Great book to target those core vocabulary words “I” and “see” for my students as well as some other core action words – lots of great fringe/thematic vocabulary too! Love the pictures!