{"id":37927,"date":"2021-12-10T00:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T04:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37927"},"modified":"2021-12-10T00:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T04:23:25","slug":"review-of-a-new-green-day-by-antoinette-portis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=37927","title":{"rendered":"Review of A New Green Day, by Antoinette Portis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/new_green_day_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/new_green_day_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"241\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-40158\" \/><\/a><em>A New Green Day<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Antoinette Portis<\/p>\n<p>Neal Porter Books (Holiday House), 2020.  32 pages.<br \/>\nReview written July 6, 2020, from a library book<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>This book is a series of poetic riddles about things in nature a girl encounters as she goes through her day.  They aren\u2019t posed as riddles, but as a description, and then you turn the page to find out what is talking.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> \u201cMorning lays me on your pillow,<br \/>\nan invitation, square and warm.<br \/>\nCome out and play!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>says sunlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am cool pudding<br \/>\non a muggy day.<br \/>\nLet your toes<br \/>\nhave a taste!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>says mud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI race up the hill<br \/>\nwhile lying at your feet.<br \/>\nWave at me<br \/>\nand I\u2019ll wave at you,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>says shadow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The pictures that go with the riddles are quiet, joyful, and evocative, with a palette of mainly greens and browns, appropriate for a day mainly spent outdoors in the summertime.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple book, perfect for celebrating simple pleasures in nature.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.antoinetteportis.com\/\">antoinetteportis.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/holidayhouse.com\/\">HolidayHouse.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0823444880\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/new_green_day.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/new_green_day.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Green Day by Antoinette Portis Neal Porter Books (Holiday House), 2020. 32 pages. 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