( 3 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 6 2009
My 3 & 8 year old children both love this book. It is a very sweet re-telling of a small child's (anything but) average day in the apartment building he shares with other families.
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Posted: Dec 7 2007
My son loves this book, perhaps because it goes through an entire day in the life of toddlers, and he sees so many things that are familiar to him. The kids eat breakfast, get dressed, play, take naps, have baths, and get stories read at bedtime. He loves following the children through their day. We read this one every night.
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( 2 of 3 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 13 2005
I suffered a most violent shock to my delicate little system when I discovered that Amy Schwartz, an artist of Peter Sis like illustrations, is the author/illustrator responsible for the fabulous, "Bea and Mr. Jones". That particular picture book is without comparison. It is perfect and without flaw. Yet since its publication Ms. Schwartz has retooled her artistic bent. Instead of grand silly stories with grand silly (and large) black and white pictures, she now creates delicate tiny pen and ink drawing in contained colorful landscapes. There's a lot of white space to contend with in a modern Amy Schwartz picture book. Now this isn't necessarily a bad thing. And certainly a book like, "A Glorious Day" has its charms. But I yearn for the day Ms. Schwartz puts aside her toddler fare and return to her kindergarten roots again. But that's just me.
