RRRRalph by Lois Ehlert has an invisible narrator who says his or her dog can speak. The narrator asks the dog questions and says that the dog can respond. I think the book was cute but I wasn't a fan of the story. I think students will find the book entertaining and teachers can only use the sto...
Yes, it is a children's book...but what fun! I knew Ehlert (a local artist/author) used a lot of color in her books, but wasn't aware that she, like Eric Carle, used collage exclusively. It was quite interesting to read her comments and to see how she constructed her images...and how she uses o...
Poems about and cut paper illustrations of animals from nature fill the pages of "Lots of Spots" by Lois Ehlert. Science facts about each animal are revealed within each short poem. Don't expect to get a lot of detail on the animals in this book. Each animal only gets a short snippet, and one or ...