![]() ![]() Of course, a “lazy turtle” meeting an oval would create the side-splitting combo of a “SLOW-VAL.” A dramatic page turn transforms a deeply saturated, clean-lined green oval by superimposing a head and turtle shell atop, with watery blue ripples completing the illusion. What a mischievous twist on a concept book! With wordplay and a few groan-inducing puns, Neal creates connections among animals and shapes that are both unexpected and so seemingly obvious that readers might wonder why they didn’t see them all along. You think you know shapes? Animals? Blend them together, and you might see them both a little differently! Plotless and pointless, the book clearly exists only because its celebrity author wrote it. The punch line fails from a design standpoint, as the sudden, single-bubble chorus of “DADA” appears to be emanating from background features rather than the baby animals’ mouths (only some of which, on close inspection, appear to be open). All the text prior to this point has been either iterations of “Dada” or animal sounds in dialogue bubbles here, narrative text states, “Now everybody get in line, let’s say it together one more time….” Upon the turn of the page, the animal dads gaze round-eyed as their young across the gutter all cry, “DADA!” (except the duckling, who says, “quack”). Ordóñez's illustrations have a bland, digital look, compositions hardly varying with the characters, although the pastel-colored backgrounds change. A final two-spread sequence finds all of the animals arrayed across the pages, dads on the verso and children on the recto. A duck, a bee, a dog, a rabbit, a cat, a mouse, a donkey, a pig, a frog, a rooster, and a horse all fail similarly, spread by spread. A sad-looking ram insists, “DADA!” his lamb baas back. Practice for those who are learning colors or patience on a rainy day.Ī succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon.Ī grumpy bull says, “DADA!” his calf moos back. (This book was reviewed digitally with 10-by-20-inch double-page spreads viewed at 29.6% of actual size.) #RAINBOW RAINDROPS SKIN#Their skin is slightly darker than their redheaded mother’s pale skin a family portrait on the bedroom wall hints at a multiracial family. The child wears large white glasses and has long brown hair with a giant bow on the top of their head. The names of each color are capitalized and printed in the appropriate hue, and the pictures will give readers clues as well the yellow rug in front of the couch, for example, looks just like the sun. The rhyming text mostly scans well, with just a few stumbles in meter. The child names each color, starting with violet, and then it’s time to head inside for bed. ![]() Finally, the rain stops, and the duo don red rain boots and head outside, where they discover a rainbow. Miss the fun.” Gray, green, brown, white, blue and gray (both repeats), and orange each make an appearance as Mom helps the child pass the time and calms them during the thunder and lightning. I added a sentiment and coordinating mat that was also inked to get just the right shade to match.A young child names colors and finds ways to pass the time before a rainy day finally becomes sunny.Ĭhildren likewise stuck inside will surely empathize with the protagonist as they await the sun: “I want a calm, clear, BLUE sky day, / so I can go outside and play. I die cut clouds from glitter cardstock and a sun that I inked up with Mustard seed Distress Ink. Once that was completely dry, I placed my stencil back on top of my panel and added Nuvo glimmer paste on the raindrops (I added a second photo using the flash that picks up the sparkle better but the rest of the photo is much darker). I then stenciled my raindrops, with the same Distress ink colors by masking sections for each color. I started by die cutting my arced strips for my rainbow and inking them with Distress inks. I created this rainbow card for the theme category in March's Inspirational Card Challenge which is weather. I tend to use bright, vibrant shades but I love soft muted palettes too. I think if someone were to look through my gallery, they'd see that I love color. ![]()
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