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    A Perfect Day
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    A Perfect Day

    By Lane Smith

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    Today is a perfect day for Cat, Dog, Chickadee, and Squirrel.

    Cat is lounging among the daffodils. Dog is sitting in the wading pool, deep in the cool water. Chickadee is eating fresh seed from the birdfeeder. Squirrel is munching on his very own corncob. Today is a perfect day in Bert's backyard.

    Until Bear comes along, that is. Bear crushes the daffodils, drinks the pool water, and happily gobbles up the birdseed and corncob.

    Today was a perfect day for Cat, Dog, Chickadee, and Squirrel. Now, it's just a perfect day for Bear.

    Lane Smith uses perfect pacing and vibrant illustrations to emphasize the power of perspective in this hilarious picture book about the goings-on in Bert's backyard.

    This book has Common Core connections.

    An NPR Best Book of 2017
    A 2018 ALSC Notable Children's Book

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateFeb 14, 2017
    ISBN9781250154712
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    A Perfect Day
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    Lane Smith

    Lane Smith is the creator of a shelf of books, including the New York Times bestselling It's a Book and its companion, It's a Little Book. The beautiful Caldecott Honor-winning Grandpa Green can also be found there alongside his brilliantly quirky collaborations with Jon Scieszka including The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairly Stupid Tales. He has also illustrated Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach and collaborated on the conceptual design of the Disney movie adaptation. In 2012, the Eric Carle Museum named him a Carle Artist for "lifelong innovation in the field of children's picture books," and in 2014 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Illustrators. In 2017 he won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal for There Is a Tribe of Kids. Lane Smith and his wife, the designer Molly Leach, live in a small town in rural Connecticut, USA.

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    • 4/5
      This book shows how the perspective of ones day may differ from someone else. All the animals were disrupted by a bear who, herself was having a fantastic day. This story shows how you never know how someone else may be feeling. Your perfect day may differ greatly from someone else.
    • 5/5
      This book is about animals that are having a perfect day in their backyard until a bear comes and ruins it. Although the animals are not having a perfect day anymore, the bear is. This book is a great book to teach students about perspectives. in this book there are also words that are bold, this will be a great way to teach students about emphasizing and when we see a word that is bold we are suppose to put stress on the word. I recommend reading this book to students in kindergarten through third grade
    • 4/5
      A perfect day for the cat, dog, squirrel, etc takes a turn when a big bear invades their yard, making the day perfect for *him* but not so much for them. A little *eh* on the story, but the illustrations are superb.
    • 5/5
      All of the animals are having a perfect day, until a bear comes along. This book is a great way to teach the concept of emphasizing words. It repeats "it was a perfect day for..." and before the bear comes along the word "was" is not stressed or emphasized. After the bear comes along, the word is stressed and changes the meaning of the sentence. It also teaches students that their perfect day may differ from someone else's perfect day.
    • 4/5
      This is another book by Lane Smith that elicits smiles and laughter. He has a simplistic way of encouraging us to read more and more of his books! He never fails to amaze, amuse and bring a smile!In this story,It was a perfect day for cat in the flowers where sleep was comfortable.It was a perfect day for dog when the water rom the hose was refreshingly cool and just what was needed when it was a very hot day.It was a perfect day for Chickadee who was fortunate to enjoy a fully filled bird feeder.It was a perfect day for squirrel who couldn't get up the bird feeder because the design prohibited success. But, the kind boy who filled the feeder, dropped a perfect cob of corn on the grass, and squirrel immediately felt lucky.THENAlong comes spoiler bear. He manages to disrupt each and every animal from their joy. And, as the kind boy looks out the window with cat, dog, while bird and squirrel hang around out of the window, they are dismayed that their perfect day was spoiled by a bear who had his own perfect day.I've read many books by this author. He never fails to disappoint.Four Stars
    • 5/5
      fun story!!!!