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Swirl in, twirl in Monday morning sunshine T i n y S h i n y Wakes a sleepyhead. It's morning! Time for Sam to get ready for school. After a sniffy-whiffy eat-up and a splashy-flashy wash-up, Sammy's off into the busy-whizzy wildness of a Monday morning. This delightful story captures all the bright promise of a preschooler's day.
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School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Another gem from Carlstrom. It's Monday morning and Sammy is about to get up and face the day. "Scrit scrat," his kitten enters his room and tickles his toes to wake him. Then Sammy smells breakfast from the kitchen, "S i z z l e D r i z z l e." And finally, it's hide-and-seek when Mom comes in to wake him, "Peek out, squeak out /Silly-willy squawks." There is lots of wordplay and rhyme, with rich, playful, and splashy colors, as Sammy eats, puts on his clothes, brushes his teeth, and finally pops out into the big city with Mom. "Bing bang, bing bang/Busy whizzy wildness" as they head to school. Lively, child-friendly illustrations entice viewers to pore over the pages, which depict kids waving hello from school windows, giving hugs and kisses good-bye, and classmates playing musical instruments. Readers will agree with Sammy, "It's a giggle-wiggle day!" Great for a first day of school read-aloud or to introduce phonics.-Wanda Meyers-Hines, Ridgecrest Elementary School, Huntsville, AL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
For Sammy the preschooler, there are a host of ways to describe the excitement that comes with the arrival of Monday morning. The sun's "skipping through the window" starts in motion "a tiny-shiny wake-up/ It's a tiny-shiny day." As Sammy and his mother make their way to school through the "busy whizzy wildness" of the city to gear up for another work week, "It's a whizzy-tizzy speed-up/ It's a whizzy-tizzy day." Music time, when Sammy and his classmates get to "clomp-stomp, clomp-stomp" around the room with percussion instruments, turns Monday into "a jingle-jangle juggle-up/It's a jingle-jangle day." As Carlstrom's (the Jesse Bear books) infectiously singsong text dances in readers' ears (some phrases are sure to become firmly lodged in youngsters' vocabularies), Sweet's (Charlotte in Paris) gleeful childlike watercolors harmonize with bright colors and devil-may-care perspectives (the rush-hour cars and trucks look as if they're rappelling up the roads). Characters appear as painted cutouts pasted onto the scene, an approach that brings to mind preschool art projects. Monday mornings may make grown-ups groan, but Carlstrom and Sweet know that children see a day filled with all the things that make life worthwhile-from noisy trucks to eager friends to hugs and kisses from Mommy. Ages 2-5. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
Sunlight, fun light / Skipping through the window / Sunlight, fun light / Warm on Sammy's bed begins this exuberant journey through a toddler's morning, which consists of getting ready for and attending preschool. Rhythmic, toe-tapping wordplay emphasizes the excitement that a child finds in daily events, and warm illustrations in springtime hues capture a mother and son enjoying their routine. From HORN BOOK Spring 2004, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
In an ebullient burst of playful language, Carlstrom's tale whisks readers through a youngster's Monday routine. From the first glimmer of sunlight that awakens Sammy, to a raucous recounting of his preschool experiences, fanciful rhyming word pairs frolic across the pages, entreating readers to join in the fun. A fast-paced tempo combines with tongue-twisting verses for a read-aloud format that is perfect for preschooler participation: "Clomp-stomp, clomp-stomp / Noisily we're marching / Clashing, click-sticks / Pounding on the drum / Sing it, ring it / Monday moning music." Sweet's buoyant illustrations reflect the vivaciousness of the verses. Cartoon-style drawings come in an array of vibrant colors; tangerine orange walls complement the lemon bright floors in Sammy's kitchen, while Sammy wears eye-catching primary hues of red and blue. This boisterous tale is just the thing to chase away the doldrums and start Monday, or any other day, with a bang. (Picture book. 2-5) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
