Gus and Sully Watch the Weather (Gus and Sully #1)
by Steve Light (Author) Steve Light (Illustrator)
What’s the weather like today? Let’s see! Award-winning author-illustrator Steve Light, a preschool teacher himself, draws on a morning routine beloved by many young children.
When Gus the rhino and Sully the mouse check out the weather each morning, they see and feel the same thing, but they experience it a different way. Bright sun is too hot for Gus and perfect for beach-loving Sully. Clouds inspire Gus’s imagination (“I see a bunny!”) but they just look like clouds to Sully. The wind is perfect for kite-flying for one, but threatens to blow someone small away. Whether rain or snow or sleet, Gus and Sully are on the spot, reporting back in their unique way.
Wielding ink and watercolor, Steve Light ventures into an appealing new art style with a simple, funny board book ideal for children just beginning to explore the wide world around them.
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Light (A Spider Named Itsy) comically considers weather-related activities and responses in this conceptual board book. Each marker-, pen-, and watercolor-like spread finds the geometrically drawn protagonists, Sully the mouse and Gus the rhino, reacting to atmospheric surrounds alongside a single descriptive word at the pages' bottom. For Sully, a "SUNNY" day (and quite the sun it is, with a bright yellow center and a multitude of orange rays) means toasting on a beach blanket, while for Gus, "Phew--too hot!" A "WINDY" day is a boon for sturdy Gus to fly a kite, while smaller Sully chases down a hat through swirling purple-blue gusts. And a "FOGGY" day leaves both equally lost, with Gus searching for Sully, who's mistakenly headed in the opposite direction. But when a rainbow seems to embrace both characters in its striated arc, there's no dispute: the day is "BEAUTIFUL," an ending that makes this work a gentle lesson in both varied perspectives and meteorological vocabulary. Ages up to 3. Agent: Linda Pratt, Wernick & Pratt Agency. (Mar.)
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JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV029020 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | Weather
