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Voices in the Park | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dk Publishing, Anthony Browne
Publisher: DK CHILDREN
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 2653
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 9.6 x 0.2
ISBN: 078948191X
UPC: 635517081916
EAN: 9780789481917
ASIN: 078948191X
Publication Date: August 1, 2001
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Book Description
I called his name...I settled on a bench...I was amazed...I felt really, really happy...Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions. There's the bossy woman, the sad man, the lonely boy and the young girl whose warmth touches those she meets. As the story moves from one voice to another, their perspectives are reflected in the shifting landscape and seasons. This is an intriguing, many-layered, enormously entertaining book that demands to be read again and again.
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If you are a teacher, Get it! July 10, 2008
I found this book when I was getting my teaching certification, and wanted to teach a 4th grade class on "Voice" or point of view. It was the basis for a great lesson! I think this could be appropriate for students in 3rd grade up to a basic high school English class. The same event (a trip to the park) is told by 4 distinctly different characters who all encounter each other in the park. So the story is told 4 times, once by each character. Everything from the word choice, font style, and beautiful illustrations relates the "voice" or point of view of each person. It is not only highly instructuve, it is a visual treat and intriguing. I have read the story many times, and each time the students see something that I missed. I love this book and share it with all my teacher friends and librarians.
 Great book!!! June 16, 2008
This is a great book, with very clever pictures throughout. It left my 3rd grade class with much to discuss. They asked to borrow this book for quite some time. I think the only way to improve this book would have been to make the characters human instead of animals.
A must-read for children & adults May 3, 2008
Many mention the writing convention of "point of view" as a strong point of this book,and it is, but few reviewers mention the complex themes and issues that arise from this book. The illustrations are worth more than the cost of the book, as one reviewer put it. However, I found that the subtle ways in which this book invites the reader to ponder socio-economic class, child-parent relationships, financial struggle, and the innocence of childhood to be much more thought-provoking. I appreciate how the characters are not people--they are not of any certain ethnic background. I appreciate the detail to diction. Mostly, I appreciate the simplicity of the ending and what it says about how we all might view things when all is said and done at the end of the day.
Perspective April 12, 2008
As a teacher, I love this book because it really makes the idea of perspective come to life especially for elementary students. Anthony Browne does a great job explaining what perspective is through his writing and his illustrations.
Teacher's dream for teaching voice March 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book works on so many levels that I spent an entire week teaching voice to my second graders utilizing this book. We evaluated perspective in both the words and the illustrations. When you study the pictures, you gain a much greater insight to each "sub"-author's perspective, such as whether the trees are bare, or full of flowers, in their point of view. I could go on and on about this book, but it is something you need to experience or teach for yourself!
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