Reviews for Goodbye summer, hello autumn
Publishers Weekly
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A girl with brown skin, rosy cheeks, and a red scarf that billows out behind her walks through the landscapes of illustrator Pak's story, his debut as author, watching summer turn into autumn. She travels through a forest and along a stream, then spends time in town before heading home. Throughout, she addresses the natural objects she sees, and they reply, telling her what they do as the season changes. "Hello, playful foxes and singing blue jays," she says. "Hello!" they answer. "We are busy looking for food. Some of us are heading south to our winter homes." Delicate hints of texture and shifting planes of quiet greens and browns transform slowly into a fall palette. By the time the girl returns home, the sun is going down, and the day closes with the first red leaf. The focus is on the natural world, but Pak (Flowers Are Calling) celebrates city life, too, with drawings of diverse townspeople-a mechanic, a man moving boxes-that show a rainbow of a community. It's a thoughtful look at the kind of change that unfolds almost imperceptibly. Ages 4-7. Agent: Kirsten Hall, Catbird Agency. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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A girl takes a walk on a late summer morning and says hello to animals and other natural elements, starting with blue jays, foxes, and butterflies and ending later that day with a chill in the air, a puddle, autumn leaves, and the setting sun. They return her greetings with comments of their own. Finally, over the last three double-page spreads, which illustrate evening, night, and morning, she says the phrases that becomes the book's title. While Pak has contributed the art for other picture books, including Rita Gray's Have You Heard the Nesting Bird? (2014), this is his first as writer-illustrator. His text creates a light narrative framework while pointing out a series of seasonal changes. Using color and composition very effectively, the stylized artwork includes details that kids will enjoy discovering on their own. The wordless night scene beautifully lays out a bird's-eye view of the landscape and town that the girl walked through earlier in the day, giving children a chance to retrace her steps and recall elements of her early autumn ramble.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2016 Booklist
School Library Journal
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PreS-Gr 1-A girl wearing a red scarf greets a nippy late summer morning. The child wanders through woods, by a creek, and across farmland and finally arrives in town, encountering all sorts of flora and fauna along the way. She greets everyone in a friendly tone, saying hello to trees, blue jays, foxes, distant thunder, breezy wind, and the approaching chill in the air. In the end, returning home, it's "Goodbye, summer...Hello autumn!" Short sentences are positioned over the pictures. The spare text and muted watercolor illustrations blend perfectly to create a feeling of wonder at the change of seasons. This is an upbeat look at the promise of fall's glories. VERDICT A gentle, gorgeous welcome to summer's end and fall's beginning, perfect for storytime or one-on-one reading.-Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
