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One Magical Day
From the award-winning author and illustrator comes a new story that celebrates each new day. Night shadows fade to a pale, golden dawn. It's a magical day -- wake up, Little Fawn! Join the animals as they wake to the beauty of a fresh morning, joyfully play in the sunshine, then fall asleep to the owl's gentle lullaby at the end of a brightly magical day.
28 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 2013
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About the author
Claire Freedman
214 books55 followersI’ve been a writer for over 15 years now, but it wasn’t planned!
I had a variety of jobs, including secretary, trainee buyer at Harrods, dental nurse, production assistant in a reprographic and printing company and various others.
I began to write after joining a creative writing class. I had no success with article writing, or short stories, or fiction, but the first children’s story I wrote, for a magazine called Twinkle, was accepted for publication. Hooray!!!
Things snowballed and a lot (yes lots and lots) of hard work later I now write full time and have over 50 books published. I still go to the same writing class and we have become a big happy family of writers!
For me, writing is the best job ever. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I love to create worlds for young children to enjoy and escape into – whether the stories are educational, bedtime, problem solving or just plain good fun. It’s also very exciting to see the first picture roughs, as my wonderful, talented illustrators bring the text to life.
I live on the Essex coast in a lovely two-bed-roomed flat, which I share with my husband, Michael. At long last I have an office to write in, with room for all my books and bits of scribbled on papers.
The seafront is (still) just around the corner, and I find a bracing walk (it gets freezing when the East wind blows from the North Sea!) or gentle stroll when the weather is warmer, is great for clearing my head and mulling over story ideas.
- excerpted from her website
I had a variety of jobs, including secretary, trainee buyer at Harrods, dental nurse, production assistant in a reprographic and printing company and various others.
I began to write after joining a creative writing class. I had no success with article writing, or short stories, or fiction, but the first children’s story I wrote, for a magazine called Twinkle, was accepted for publication. Hooray!!!
Things snowballed and a lot (yes lots and lots) of hard work later I now write full time and have over 50 books published. I still go to the same writing class and we have become a big happy family of writers!
For me, writing is the best job ever. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else. I love to create worlds for young children to enjoy and escape into – whether the stories are educational, bedtime, problem solving or just plain good fun. It’s also very exciting to see the first picture roughs, as my wonderful, talented illustrators bring the text to life.
I live on the Essex coast in a lovely two-bed-roomed flat, which I share with my husband, Michael. At long last I have an office to write in, with room for all my books and bits of scribbled on papers.
The seafront is (still) just around the corner, and I find a bracing walk (it gets freezing when the East wind blows from the North Sea!) or gentle stroll when the weather is warmer, is great for clearing my head and mulling over story ideas.
- excerpted from her website
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December 5, 2022
Cute book of barn animals welcoming the magical day. I thought this would be a Christmas book but alas no. xD
August 4, 2021
Beautifully illustrated book. The color palette and design of them are soft and wonderful. I loved how the story rhymed as well. I haven't read a kids book in what seems like awhile where it rhymed so smoothly. The story basically goes through the day of some animals of what they're doing during a specific time of day starting from the morning when the sun rises until the sun sets. I classified this book as "Farm" because it shows a lot of animals that you would see on a farm, but I don't think the title of this book really matches the story. It's not magical enough for me to say, "Oh, yeah, it was a magical day". To me it felt like it would have been any regular day. I still enjoyed the book, but I feel like the title is misleading.
October 1, 2019
This is a pretty easy read for beginning readers. This book could be used at the beginning of spring, or learning about animals and babies. The rhymes allow for a somewhat predictable ending for each animal.
September 29, 2017
Very beautiful and soft. Animals bring the reader through different parts of the day.
February 8, 2018
Such beautiful illustrations. The kids especially loved the baby animals.
October 22, 2018
Another book that's great to read to infants. They'll enjoy the sound of whoever is reading to them. I enjoyed the rhyme in the story and illustrations.
November 10, 2009
One Magical Day
Pre-K – 1st grade
The most notable thing that strikes me as I read this book is the Freedman’s use of rhyming words. The last word of the first sentence always rhymes with the last word of the second sentence. There are only two sentences for every two pages. The first sentence tends to be a cause and the second sentence tends to have and action or effect from the first sentence.
Macnaughton has beautifully illustrated this book in a very whimsical manner. The animals and nature that are drawn are realistic but everything has a feathered or softened appearance. Macnaughton has used very natural colors that would be seen in nature. The color palette chosen and the whimsical effects of the illustrations give the reader a feeling of calmness or peace.
This book would be appealing to a younger audience due to the fact it has a lot of mother, child type depictions which younger children can still identify with more than an older audience. It is playful and talks about animals, which younger children love farm and forest animals.
I really liked this book because of the calmness of the illustrations. The pictures were soft and peaceful. I loved the descriptive language and the rhyming words. I especially liked, “Into the stable the warm sunlight streams, bathing the foal with its soft, golden beams.” The text fit the illustration perfectly and it seemed as if the kids would almost feel warm too while they read this page.
Subject Connection:
Language Arts:
Lesson on verbs and descriptive words.
Using a graphic organizer, sort which animals belong on the farm and which animals belong in the woods.
Pre-K – 1st grade
The most notable thing that strikes me as I read this book is the Freedman’s use of rhyming words. The last word of the first sentence always rhymes with the last word of the second sentence. There are only two sentences for every two pages. The first sentence tends to be a cause and the second sentence tends to have and action or effect from the first sentence.
Macnaughton has beautifully illustrated this book in a very whimsical manner. The animals and nature that are drawn are realistic but everything has a feathered or softened appearance. Macnaughton has used very natural colors that would be seen in nature. The color palette chosen and the whimsical effects of the illustrations give the reader a feeling of calmness or peace.
This book would be appealing to a younger audience due to the fact it has a lot of mother, child type depictions which younger children can still identify with more than an older audience. It is playful and talks about animals, which younger children love farm and forest animals.
I really liked this book because of the calmness of the illustrations. The pictures were soft and peaceful. I loved the descriptive language and the rhyming words. I especially liked, “Into the stable the warm sunlight streams, bathing the foal with its soft, golden beams.” The text fit the illustration perfectly and it seemed as if the kids would almost feel warm too while they read this page.
Subject Connection:
Language Arts:
Lesson on verbs and descriptive words.
Using a graphic organizer, sort which animals belong on the farm and which animals belong in the woods.
February 22, 2011
This book was nicely written and beautifully illustrated. It uses the theme of flowing poetry with rhyming words to describe activities in the day of several young animals. I would use this book to practice rhyming words and patterns. There are some adjectives that can be highlighted and vocabulary words that can also be addressed. I would recommend this book for second grade independent reading. Horse and animal lovers would enjoy this book.
August 24, 2015
This was a beautiful, Beautiful book. The poem is written as a storybook with verse on each page that corresponds with wonderful illustrations pertaining to animals within nature capturing a little ones (and adults alike) eye. The verse is written as a story so children doesn't know it's actually a poem, a nice way of introducing poetry to children! A gentle book to read as you put your little one to bed.
September 25, 2014
A book that I got from the library for my three year old sister. I usually don't review books that aren't for me, but this one was just so adorable! It's the perfect bedtime story, and the illustrations are beautiful in a whimsical way.
December 11, 2012
this was a very good book. Kids would really like all the different animal characters. The illustrations were great and it had some good poetry in the book also. I would definitely recommend this book for any classroom
October 24, 2012
Notes:
so pretty - love the realistic illustrations of animals for ages 1-2
super simple story
used this as a look-book, without reading the text at all
so pretty - love the realistic illustrations of animals for ages 1-2
super simple story
used this as a look-book, without reading the text at all
May 21, 2013
This book reminds me of Mem Fox's book "Time for Bed". Cute illustrations and a good introduction to animals for toddlers.
May 1, 2015
My daughter loved this!!!
April 4, 2015
Beautiful illustrations!
March 17, 2016
Darling pictures!
January 30, 2017
I love the illustrations. the story is adorable!
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May 1, 2017This book is definitely one for younger students. It was really cute and had good illustrations, but it would be one to give to students to practice with their reading and to use on their own rather than to use as a read aloud. They can see a lot of different animals, and the book starts in the morning with a horse and ends at night with an owl.
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