Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long. Horse, cow, donkey, pig, hen, and the other farm animals each eat one. "Save one for me," calls the farmer. But what about the farmer's wife?
Count on Pat Hutchins to solve the problem happily. And count the red apples before they are all gone!
Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long. Horse, cow, donkey, pig, hen, and the other farm animals each eat one. "Save one for me," calls the farmer. But what about the farmer's wife?
Count on Pat Hutchins to solve the problem happily. And count the red apples before they are all gone!
Pat Hutchins, one of seven children, was born in Yorkshire,
England, and grew up in the surrounding countryside, which she
still loves. At a very early age she knew that she wanted to be an
artist and was encouraged by an elderly couple who would give her a
chocolate bar for each picture she drew. A local art school offered
her a scholarship and she studied there for three years, continuing
her training at Leeds College of Art, where she specialized in
illustration. Her career in the children's book field began with
the highly acclaimed Rosie's Walk, a 1968 ALA Notable Book. Since
then she has written five novels and created more than twenty-five
picture books. She was awarded England's prestigious Kate Greenaway
Medal in 1974 for The Wind Blew. Pat Hutchins lives with her
husband in London, England.
Pat Hutchins, one of seven children, was born in Yorkshire,
England, and grew up in the surrounding countryside, which she
still loves. At a very early age she knew that she wanted to be an
artist and was encouraged by an elderly couple who would give her a
chocolate bar for each picture she drew. A local art school offered
her a scholarship and she studied there for three years, continuing
her training at Leeds College of Art, where she specialized in
illustration. Her career in the children's book field began with
the highly acclaimed Rosie's Walk, a 1968 ALA Notable Book. Since
then she has written five novels and created more than twenty-five
picture books. She was awarded England's prestigious Kate Greenaway
Medal in 1974 for The Wind Blew. Pat Hutchins lives with her
husband in London, England.
Bold colors dominate Hutchins's (Titch) gouache paintings, framed in fire-engine red and featuring characters depicted as hinged wooden people and animals. The rhyming, sing-song text counts down from 10 as a succession of farm animals consume apples from a tree, beginning with a horse: "Ten red apples hanging on the tree./ Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee!/ Horse came and ate one,/ chomp, chomp, chomp./ Neigh, neigh, fiddle-dee-fee./ `Horse!' cried the farmer./ `Save some for me!' " For each verse, an animal takes its fruit, then moves to the right side of the spread, creating a cumulative visual effect. After the ninth animal helps itself to the tree's bounty, a sole apple remains for the farmer, but none for his wife, who hopes to bake a pie. In the closing spreads, the farmer spies another tree bearing 10 apples, setting youngsters up to start all over again. Hutchins's repetitive narrative, with its long vowel sounds coupled with crayon-bright toy characters, will invite audience participation and boost beginning readers' self-confidence. Ages 3-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.
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