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Yellow Umbrella Book & Audio Cd

by Jae Soo Liu

ISBN13: 9781929132362
ISBN10: 1929132360
Condition: Standard
DustJacket: Standard

All Product Details

Hardcover

Awards

New York Times Best Illustrated Books, 2002

Parenting Magazine Books of the Year Award

Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments

The perfect book for a rainy day (obviously) but also for an art lesson, a lazy afternoon, or a quiet classroom, Yellow Umbrella tells the wordless story of one umbrella's morning journey. Accompanied by a CD of original and evocative piano music, this is a book meant to be enjoyed by all people, connecting us through music and art and transcending language and cultural barriers. Readers, "lookers" and listeners of all ages will love this slice of a rainy day.

Review

"...The umbrellas (and joyful hues) multiply with each successive spread, until a rainbow of galoshes and bumbershoots approaches the school building. Composer Dong II Sheen gracefully glides between rhythms throughout the 15 tracks (a deep, persistent beat accompanies paintings that include a train, jaunty notes indicate a sprinkle of rain in other scenes), maintaining an overall happy tone." Publishers Weekly

CD contents: Background music (7:10) -- Underneath the sky (3:04) -- Pieces for piano, based on the themes of Yellow umbrella.

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`	Bookworm10 , September 03, 2011 (view all comments by Bookworm10) Magical children's picture book with colorful pictures and no words. The reader follows umbrellas on a journey, and at the end, you find out who is under the umbrellas and where they are going. The book is wordless, but the coolest part is the included CD soundtrack, which has beautiful piano music that follows the story page by page. On the page where the umbrellas cross a train track, the music sounds like a train, while on another page, it sounds like rain. The book and CD together are happy, fun, and magical. It won the NY Times Best Illustrated Book Award and was originally published in South Korea. Gift Quality!
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9781929132362
Binding:: Hardcover
Publication date:: 09/01/2002
Publisher:: KANE MILLER BOOK PUBLISHERS
Accompanying Material:: Compact Disc (audio)
Pages:: 32
Age Range:: 4-08 and up
Grade Range:: Preschool
Number of Units:: 1
Series Volume:: 106-1040
UPC Code:: 2801929132364
Author:: Jae Soo Liu
Subject:: Umbrellas and parasols
Subject:: Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks
Subject:: Umbrellas
Subject:: Stories without words
Subject:: General-General