Author(s): Beth Gleick
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 1
Publisher: Tundra Books
Language: English
Date Published: 2011-05-15
Dimensions: 154.94 x 233.68 x 12.7mm
Publication City/Country: Toronto, Canada
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Illustrations: Illustrations, color

What is time? This question, asked nearly fifty years ago by author Beth Gleick's young son, prompted her to answer in a picture book for preschoolers, using simple language and familiar scenes: "In one second, you can bounce a ball, or jump, or say hello, or turn a page." Beth Gleick's clean turn of phrase cleverly explains the passing of seconds, minutes, hours, on up through seasons
and years. First published in 1960, this book is lovingly re-illustrated by collage-artist Marthe Jocelyn, who pays homage to the original art while simultaneously creating a world of her own, cutting patterned papers and printed fabrics with whimsy, ingenuity, and precision of, yes, time. . . .