The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Wong, Janet S.

Buzz

32 pp. | Harcourt | May, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201923-S $$15.00

(1) PS Illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine. In her first book for preschoolers, young adult poet Wong has selected the right onomatopoeic word to reflect the mechanics of a busy morning. Everyone, it seems, is in a hurry to get somewhere--all except the young narrator, who opens this story of early-morning family rituals by observing a bumblebee buzzing around the garden. Chodos-Irvine uses pattern and color in a flattened perspective to balance the sounds and sights of the morning.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2000