Daffodil

by Emily Jenkins; Pictures by Tomek Bogacki

• ISBN13: 9780374316761
• ISBN10: 0374316767
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2004-05-03
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Summary

When Daffodil and her sisters go to parties, Mommy puts them in fancy dresses of different colors so that people will know "who is who, and which is which." One day Daffodil finally has enough--and when she rebels, she learns something surprising from her sisters. Full color.

Author Biography

Emily Jenkins and Tomek Bogacki previously collaborated on Five Creatures, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book, a Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book, and an ALA Notable Children's Book. Both author and artist live in New York City.

Table of Contents

"A spirited tale about individuality...Bogacki's colored chalk art flounces across the spreads with text that twirls with the girls and large type that emphasizes Daffodil's reactions. Entertaining and blooming with child appeal." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Jenkins tells a sly story, and most children will recognize the irritating adults who squelch individuality...Bogacki cheerfully extends the children's sense of claustrophobia...as well as the joyful relief as the girls spin and dance, dressed as who they want to be." -- Booklist

"Bogacki's simple, playful pictures are wonderfully expressive, conveying the distinct personality of each child and conveying Daffodil's dilemma in child-friendly, waxy oil color crayons that practically glow." -- School Library Journal

"Jenkins and Bogacki team up again for another look at the ways we categorize...The same friendly curces define both the typeset and Bogacki's lively pictures, a design well matched to a story about bending the lines." -- The Horn Book

"Jenkins' writing maintains the same child-focused clarity it evinced in Five Creatures, and the text moves easily from measured exposition to chantable repeated phrases...provocative." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books