Babies in the Bayou

"The text doesn't name the animals first, allowing children to take their cues from the illustrations and the textual clues, a technique that both encourages readers to interact with the narrative and highlights the lyricism of the language. Visually, the illustrations excel, a filtered green light unifying each scene, perspectives varying in a celebration of the richness an environment in which the line between air and water seems almost nonexistent...No one does this better than Arnosky, and here, he is at his best."Arnosky, Jim is the author of 'Babies in the Bayou ' with ISBN 9780399226533 and ISBN 0399226532.