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Tweedle Dee Dee
The award-winning creator of Hello Twins offers a joyous celebration of nature as it springs to life.
Come into the woods, where the green leaves grow around and around and where, high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping birds. With radiant, expressive artwork, Charlotte Voake captures the essence of a forest as it comes alive in the spring, illustrating a simple text based on the traditional song "The Green Grass Grew All Around." Includes a musical score to inspire musicians of all ages.
Come into the woods, where the green leaves grow around and around and where, high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping birds. With radiant, expressive artwork, Charlotte Voake captures the essence of a forest as it comes alive in the spring, illustrating a simple text based on the traditional song "The Green Grass Grew All Around." Includes a musical score to inspire musicians of all ages.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published May 13, 2008
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About the author
Charlotte Voake
109 books20 followers"I don’t know that I’m a funny person," says author-illustrator Charlotte Voake. "But it seems when I begin to draw that the characters change, and they take on this amusing and amused look." Indeed, her illustrations are widely loved for this very quality of gentle wit, not to mention their quiet observation, airy exuberance, and utter charm.
Born and raised in Wales, Charlotte Voake says that book illustration is "the only thing I ever wanted to do," and she certainly has made a brilliant career of it. Skipping formal training in art, she studied art history at London University and worked at an art gallery before embarking on a freelance career in illustration. Among her most acclaimed picture books is GINGER, an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book that KIRKUS REVIEWS called a "flawless tale of two cats . . . to be read and reread." GINGER FINDS A HOME, a prequel to that award-winning picture book, shows how the loving ministrations of a little girl transformed the title character from stray to pampered pet. "We had a cat who lived at the bottom of our garden," Charlotte Voake says of her inspiration for this story. "It was a great moment when he decided to come and live with us."
Charlotte Voake was personally selected by the nephew of the esteemed children's book writer Eleanor Farjeon to illustrate the delightful classic, ELSIE PIDDOCK SKIPS IN HER SLEEP. More recently, Charlotte Voake wrote and illustrated PIZZA KITTENS, a dinnertime comedy of errors that she says stems from personal experience. "Good manners are not acquired overnight," she sighs. "The secret is to keep trying!"
Charlotte Voake lives in Surrey, England, with her husband and two children.
Born and raised in Wales, Charlotte Voake says that book illustration is "the only thing I ever wanted to do," and she certainly has made a brilliant career of it. Skipping formal training in art, she studied art history at London University and worked at an art gallery before embarking on a freelance career in illustration. Among her most acclaimed picture books is GINGER, an American Library Association Notable Children’s Book that KIRKUS REVIEWS called a "flawless tale of two cats . . . to be read and reread." GINGER FINDS A HOME, a prequel to that award-winning picture book, shows how the loving ministrations of a little girl transformed the title character from stray to pampered pet. "We had a cat who lived at the bottom of our garden," Charlotte Voake says of her inspiration for this story. "It was a great moment when he decided to come and live with us."
Charlotte Voake was personally selected by the nephew of the esteemed children's book writer Eleanor Farjeon to illustrate the delightful classic, ELSIE PIDDOCK SKIPS IN HER SLEEP. More recently, Charlotte Voake wrote and illustrated PIZZA KITTENS, a dinnertime comedy of errors that she says stems from personal experience. "Good manners are not acquired overnight," she sighs. "The secret is to keep trying!"
Charlotte Voake lives in Surrey, England, with her husband and two children.
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August 25, 2020
This book is a take on the song that goes "And the green grass grew all around, all around and the green grass grew all around." It was really cute and would be good for a spring storytime.
March 23, 2017
Very similar to the Song from Girl Scouts, but slightly different wording kept throwing me off.
October 28, 2020
A cumulative story about birds in a nest in a tree.
Storytime:
Nature
Animals - Birds
Storytime:
Nature
Animals - Birds
March 29, 2014
Title: Tweedle Dee Dee
Author: Charlotte Voake
Date of Publication: 2008
Genre: Fiction/Picture Book
Annotations: This story is about a wood, the tree you would find in the wood, and the nest you would find in the tree, and what is in the nest in the tree in the wood!
This was a very sweet story and one I could imagine reading to emergent/early readers. It seems that the author meant it to be in song form as there is music notation at the back of the book. I think this story is great for a child to develop schema of things one might find in the woods.
Discussion and Comprehension Questions for children:
What are some things you find in the woods?
How would you describe a tree?
What are some animals you would find in a tree?
What season do you think this story took place?
Author: Charlotte Voake
Date of Publication: 2008
Genre: Fiction/Picture Book
Annotations: This story is about a wood, the tree you would find in the wood, and the nest you would find in the tree, and what is in the nest in the tree in the wood!
This was a very sweet story and one I could imagine reading to emergent/early readers. It seems that the author meant it to be in song form as there is music notation at the back of the book. I think this story is great for a child to develop schema of things one might find in the woods.
Discussion and Comprehension Questions for children:
What are some things you find in the woods?
How would you describe a tree?
What are some animals you would find in a tree?
What season do you think this story took place?
March 13, 2012
This book is a fun, rhythmic variation on "The Green Grass Grew All Around" This cumulative story focuses on the finest tree you ever did see in a wood.
On this tree there is a branch...on the branch there was a nest....well you get the picture - and the green leaves grew all around. The illustrations are simple and fun, and in addition to birds in a nest and leaves the reader meets other residents of the tree including a pair of squirrels and a family that has a picnic under the tree. It was a nice touch to have the birds in the nest say "Twiddle Dee Dee" - my story time audience enjoyed it so much more than a simple "Tweet, tweet."
On this tree there is a branch...on the branch there was a nest....well you get the picture - and the green leaves grew all around. The illustrations are simple and fun, and in addition to birds in a nest and leaves the reader meets other residents of the tree including a pair of squirrels and a family that has a picnic under the tree. It was a nice touch to have the birds in the nest say "Twiddle Dee Dee" - my story time audience enjoyed it so much more than a simple "Tweet, tweet."
April 24, 2012
The award-winning creator of HELLO TWINS offers a joyous celebration of nature as it springs to life. Come into the woods, where the green leaves grow around and around and where, high in the branches, a nest is full of cheeping birds. With radiant, expressive artwork, Charlotte Voake captures the essence of a forest as it comes alive in the spring, illustrating a simple text based on the traditional song "The Green Grass Grew All Around." Includes a musical score to inspire musicians of all ages.
Subjects
Folk songs, English -- United States
Folk songs -- United States
Subjects
Folk songs, English -- United States
Folk songs -- United States
January 22, 2010
I love Charlotte Voake's illustrations (Ginger is one of my favorite little board books) and Bridget and I have been singing the song every night. She sounds a little bit like someone singing it while walking home from a pub at 2 in the morning the way she sings it (raucously and off-key), but we have fun : )
March 19, 2013
I bought this book as a gift to myself because I really think it is so sweet and I'd love to share it with the children in my personal life. I love Voake's illustrations! I'd never knew about the folk song until I read this book and now I'm delighted with it and love to use it at baby-toddler storytimes.
June 16, 2008
Picture book version of The Green Grass Grew All Around but this time the green leaves grow all around.
June 30, 2008
Different than how I learned the song but cute. Includes music notation.
November 27, 2009
A story based on the song. Very cute.
March 7, 2011
Always a fan of the art by Voake, but this one won't work for storytime. The pictures are too similar, page after page of scribbly green leaves without much else going on.
September 8, 2011
I found myself singing along to this classic tune. Children will love it too.
February 28, 2012
Have to take this one home to my little bird-lover. I'll have the tune of The Green Grass Grew All Around in my head for the rest of the evening!
May 1, 2014
Notes:
shorter version of The Green Grass Grew All Around
cute ending
works as a read-aloud or sing-aloud
lovely art, but maybe a bit scribbley for the 3-4yo listeners
shorter version of The Green Grass Grew All Around
cute ending
works as a read-aloud or sing-aloud
lovely art, but maybe a bit scribbley for the 3-4yo listeners
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