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FIREFLY MOUNTAIN
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Written by
Patricia Thomas
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Illustrated by
Peter Sylvada
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Hardcover: $16.95
ISBN: 978-1-56145-360-3
Total Pages: 32
Size: 11 x 8-1/4 inches
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Picture books, ages 6-10/Fiction/Nature/Science and Nature
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Patricia Thomas is the author of several picture books, including "Stand Back," Said the Elephant, "I'm Going to Sneeze!"; "There are Rocks in My Socks," Said the Ox to the Fox; and The One-and-Only, Super-Duper, Golly-Whopper, Jim-Dandy, Really Handy Clock Tock Stopper.
She teaches writing for children at Marywood University and at the
Institute for Children's Literature. Thomas lives in Pennsylvania.
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Peter Sylvada has illustrated several books, including A Symphony of Whales (which was named a 1999 New York Times Book Review
Best Illustrated Book, a NCSS/CBC Notable Children's Trade Book in the
Field of Social Studies, and a NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book
for Children); Gleam and Glow (which was an IRA Notable Books for a Global Society) and Welcome, Brown Bird. He lives in California.
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A family experiences the magic of fireflies in this story of anticipation, marked by stunning illustrations, a lyrical text, and a deep and thoughtful connection to the natural world.
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Accelerated Reader & Reading Counts Tests:
AR Quiz#: 114537
AR Reading Level: 3.7
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A young girl recalls a remarkable moment - how she waited patiently through a long, hot afternoon for night to fall so she and her family could make a journey to the top of a hill to see an amazing sight: a multitude of blinking, winking, twinkling fireflies lighting up a nearby mountain.
Readers will be able to hear the whistles of the bobwhites and smell the sweet-dry clover hay in Thomas's richly detailed prose. Illustrator Peter Sylvada's stunning illustrations beautifully capture the wondrous tone of the story and the expectant child's sense of awe as she looks at the fireflies dance among the stars on top of Firefly Mountain.
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Awards
* 2007 Illustration Annual 48 of Communication Arts
* 2008 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People (winner, Pre-K – 3)
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