Back To School Tortoise
Lucy M George & Merel Eyckerman
Meadowside, 2010.
“Light colors and simple details mark Eyckerman’s illustrations, which keep George’s true professional identity a secret right until the very end. Her characters embody the charm and innocence of young children.”
“The spare text also leaves a lot of room for the tender illustrations of Merel Eyckerman. I love her round animals, muted colors, and especially the use of white space combined with all those lovely details! I could spend great amounts of time oohing and awing over things like the toast and tea for breakfast, the backpacking wearing squirrel in the forest, and the many charming patterns scattered through the outfits and textiles. With a gentle story like this, the details of the images are what captures you and encourages slow reads and taking in each spread.”
It's time to go back to school. But Tortoise is worried. What if he falls down? What if he doesn't like lunch? What if the kids are mean to him? What if he falls down, doesn't like lunch, and the kids are mean to him? The perfect back-to-school book about being brave, with a surprise at the end!
De zomervakantie is voorbij. Het is tijd voor Schilpad om weer naar school te gaan.
Maar stel je voor dat de kinderen hem niet aardig vinden?
Misschien pesten ze hem zelfs…
Durft hij wel terug naar school te gaan?
Het perfecte terug-naar-school-boek, met een verrassing aan het eind!
Foreign rights
Back To School Tortoise, Albert Whitman & Company, US
Schildpad gaat weer naar school, C de Vries-Brouwers, BE & NL