THERE'S A COW IN THE CABBAGE PATCH
Stella Blackstone, THERE'S A COW IN THE CABBAGE PATCH
It's not just the cow that's gone astray in Blackstone's (Bear on a Bike ; Bear in a Square ) mixed-up barnyard. Not one of the animals is where it should be: "There's a pig in the henhouse, with piglets pink and new./ They should be in the pigsty, what shall we do?" But the couple who runs the farm have a solution: "Tell them all it's dinnertime, then it won't be long/ 'til all these naughty animals are back where they belong!" Stitchery wizard Beaton (Mother Goose Remembers ) seems right at home from the opening pages. Shedding the tableaux feel of her earlier work, she displays an almost cinematic aesthetic here, composing and cropping her remarkable appliqués of felt, buttons and beads to capture the comic havoc of the farmyard denizens. What's more, the meticulous beauty of her work finds the ideal showcase in the book's full-bleed, double-page spreads. Ages 6 mos.-4 yrs. (Apr.)
closeDetailsReviewed on: 03/05/2001
Genre: Children's
It's not just the cow that's gone astray in Blackstone's (
Reviewed on: 03/05/2001
Genre: Children's
