Emily Gravett is an author illustrator of unique talent and skill and has won both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestle Children's Book Prize Bronze Award twice. Firstly for WOLVES (978-1-4050-5362-3) in 2005 and again for LITTLE MOUSE'S BIG BOOK OF FEARS (978-0-230-0619-4) in 2008. A former traveller, Emily has now settled in Brighton with her partner and their daughter.
Emily Gravett has a rare talent indeed for creating exceptional books for children. The winner of two CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals, her skill and wit are second to none. Emily first sprang into the limelight with the ground-breaking Wolves in 2005, which has been followed by such modern classics as Meerkat Mail, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears, Monkey and Me and Again! and the fabulous Bear and Hare series for younger readers, as well as the beautiful Tidy. Each book is unique and different from the last - and each features endearing, beautifully drawn characters that touch the heart and tickle the funny bone. Emily lives in Brighton with her family.
Gr 1-5-If a pair of rabbits is put together under certain conditions ("NO Rabbits may leave the field"), how many will there be in one year? This puzzle, posed by Fibonacci in the 13th-century, is the premise for Gravett's latest work. The cover depicts a bemused rabbit calculating at a blackboard. The endpapers cast a wider view, with more of the problem shown visually and verbally. Readers follow a rabbit through an underground tunnel (title page) and emerge from a die-cut hole into a field -at the top of a calendar. As always, Gravett's design choices are perfect for enhancing the narrative. Now viewers turn the book lengthwise and watch the effects of the ever-multiplying bunnies in watercolor scenes on the top, while the hand-lettered notes and novelty items glued to the dates below reveal seasonal challenges. In March, while the stressed parents learn infant care, a baby book showcases a tiny ultrasound of the twins. July depicts bored bunnies watching carrots grow. A miniature newspaper (The Fibber) includes biographical information on the famous mathematician, personals, birth announcements, graphs, and horoscopes. Under an empty, snow-covered field and through the die-cut hole that follows December 31, a peek and a page turn reveal the population explosion leaping, literally, off the page in a sturdy pop-up spread. This hilarious (and accurate) tale can be enjoyed by the numerically challenged and gifted alike.-Wendy Lukehart, Washington DC Public Library (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Whimsical ideas proliferate as fast as rabbits in Gravett's splendid sendup of Fibonacci's query: "If a pair of baby rabbits are put into a field, how many pairs will there be: a) At the end of each month? b) After one year?" The book opens like a calendar, complete with a hole to hang on a nail. Twelve spreads record the 12 trying months of the rabbits-in-the-field experiment, the upper page picturing, in muted colors, the beleaguered rabbits, the calendar below full of hastily scribbled notations ("Check babies for fleas") and glued-in documents Ø la The Jolly Postman. In January ("The Lonely Rabbit Problem"), two rabbits meet; by March ("The Baby!!! Rabbit Problem") they're recording data in a pamphlet called "Bunny's First Month," complete with sonogram; May includes a ration book to deal with a carrot shortage, and by November-well, readers won't be able to see November, because it's plastered over with rabbits. The only drawback to Gravett's delicious creation is that the moving parts and magnificent final pop-up are likely to fall prey to small hands. Solution: purchase a duplicate. Ages 4-8. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
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