Wake Up, Island

Wake Up, IslandWake up, little one, a soft voice beckons, the world around you is already stirring. As Wake Up, Island gently rouses the sleepy child, it summons a world of nature coming to life on a summer island in the magical North Woods. Sunlit fingers touch the shores, pine trees stretch their limbs, and lichen warms on ancient rock. Doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and pearls of dew bead a spider's finely woven web. Mallards skim the water's surface.

Wake up, little one, a soft voice beckons, the world around you is already stirring. As Wake Up, Island gently rouses the sleepy child, it summons a world of nature coming to life on a summer island in the magical North Woods. Sunlit fingers touch the shores, pine trees stretch their limbs, and lichen warms on ancient rock. Doe and fawn rise from their grass bed and pearls of dew bead a spider's finely woven web. Mallards skim the water's surface. Ravens perch and gargle greetings, chickadees call dee, dee, dee, and a heron swoops--minnows flee The moose and her calf wade, munching on plants. The red squirrel chatters. The black bear lazily scratches her back against a tree.

Conjuring the morning life around a cabin fragrant with berry pancakes, this timeless book wakens the child in every reader to the wonders of nature that greet every new day in the charmed world of a northern woodland island.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 02/24/2016
ISBN: 9780816689354
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.30w x 0.50d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2016
School Library Journal 03/01/2016 pg. 104
Foreword 02/29/2016
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 pg. 30 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw