Brightly colored illustrations and easy text follow a little girl and her dog as they have fun playing outdoors on a blustery fall day, in the third book of the Lily and Trooper series. - (Baker & Taylor)
A little girl and her dog have fun playing outdoors on a blustery fall day - (Baker & Taylor)
In this third book of the series, Lily and Trooper discover the wonders of fall. As they wake up they see leaves fluttering by the window and realize that autumn pleasures await. First they jump in a pile of leaves. When it begins to rain, they turn an umbrella into a sailboat. Later they fly a kite and crash their wagon into a leaf pile. That night they fall asleep reading a story about a girl and her dog.
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Ingram Publishing Services)
A little girl and her dog have fun playing outdoors on a blustery fall day.
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Ingram Publishing Services)
Booklist Reviews
%% This is a multi-book review. SEE the title "Lily and Trooper's Winter" for next imprint and review text. %% ((Reviewed December 1, 1999)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews
Horn Book Guide Reviews
Imaginative Lily and her trusty dog Trooper make their own seasonal fun as they jump in piles of leaves, take a ramble in the rain, go skating and skiing, and bring each day to a close by cozying into bed together. A brief line of Lily's dialogue appears under pictures rendered in vibrant color with a childlike, finger-painted quality. These books are bright, bouncy, and bound to be popular.Copyright 2000 Horn Book Guide Reviews
School Library Journal Reviews
PreS-Young Lily and her dog Trooper star in these two disappointing seasonal stories. In the first one, the two companions wake up and discover that the leaves are falling and autumn has arrived. They spend their day playing in the leaves, rain, and wind. At night, they hunker down in their cozy, warm bed. Next, it snows during the night and the pair wake up to discover that winter is here. They build a snowman, go skating, ski, and try to take their snowman home. While Spetter uses vibrant colors, the pictures do little to move the plots along and Lily's expression remains the same whether she's discovering the first snow of the season, skiing out of control down a mountain, or having a warm bath. The simple synopsis of the child's days offers little to hold youngsters' interest. Alexandra Day's "Carl" books (Farrar) are a lot more successful in conveying a loving relationship between dog and child.-Anne Chapman Callaghan, Racine Public Library, WI Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
