Patricia Toht once owned a children's bookshop called Never Never Land before turning a love of books into a love of writing. Pick a Pine Tree is her debut picture book. Patricia Toht lives in Chicago, Illinois. Jarvis is an illustrator and animator who has worked as both a record jacket designer and an animation director. He is the author-illustrator of Alan's Big, Scary Teeth. Jarvis lives in Manchester, England.
The short, rhyming text has a bouncy, appealing tone...Delightful
mixed-media illustrations use a flattened perspective, simple
shapes, and glowing, light-filled backgrounds for a fresh take on
the tree-decorating tradition. The illustrations are all in
double-page-spread format with compositions that will work well for
reading to a group or with just one child in a lap. Pick this
delightful story for a Christmas storytime, for library
collections, or for family reading around the Christmas tree.
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Holiday spirit crackles in Toht's warm, step-by-step recounting
of how humble stately pines transform into shimmering Christmas
trees...Jarvis's chalk and pencil texturing adds to the sense of a
casual, homey holiday filled with traditions many families will
recognize.
--Publishers Weekly The pencil, chalk, paint, and digitally colored
paintings are brimming with holiday cheer and warmth. Share with
little ones prior to decorating a tree or as secular Christmas fare
for holiday storytimes.
--School Library Journal Toht's rhyming text is greatly illuminated
by Jarvis's mixed-media illustrations, which imbue each step in the
process with holiday warmth and capably capture that satisfying,
twinkling glow of Christmas decorations.
--The Horn Book
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