This exquisitely simple picture book provides many reasons trees are nice, and some reasons just one tree is nice too. They offer shade, they make the woods, they’re good for hanging swings on and they make sticks! In the black and white illustrations Simont uses a gray wash and thicker, more strategic strokes, generating a quiet, meditative feeling.Īnd every spread evokes serenity and comfort. The luxuriant, saturated color art arouses warm, joyous feelings. The spreads alternate between black and white and color. Giving just enough information and omitting fine details, he’s creating a feeling with each scene as much as a picture. In A Tree is Nice his drawing style is loose and unrestricted he doesn’t squander lines. Marc Simont has appeared on TurtleAndRobot before, see The Philharmonic Gets Dressedand My Brother Ant. Her unpretentious text is direct and expressive. A Tree is Nice was her first picture book, and it is divine. Janice May Udry wrote seven picture books, including Let’s Be Enemies and Moon Jumpers, both illustrated by Maurice Sendak.
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