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Un-Brella
A little girl opens an umbrella on a snowy day--and the sun shines out from inside and flowers spring from the frozen ground! Jump ahead to spring, where the magical un-brella provides snow for snow angels and sledding across the green grass. Newcomer Scott Franson's accomplished clever visual storytelling artwork showcases imagination, exploration--and a little bit of magic.
40 pages, Hardcover
First published April 3, 2007
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May 28, 2011
Un-Brella is a perfect starter wordless book for the very young. Although, I am not very young and I appreciate it! My daughter is almost two and she was mesmerized by it. We read it three times in a row and afterwards she flipped through it herself. Later that day, her cousin came over and she had me read it to them both. He is a little younger than her and he also enjoyed it. They had fun finding reoccurring lady bugs and bees in the pictures. I had fun watching them delight in the book. The artwork itself is unique and very adorable. It is about a girl and her magic un-brella which makes a winter day a sunny one and vice versa. This is Scott E. Franson's first book and will look forward to more by this author/illustrator.
February 16, 2011
Un Brella is a wordless book that explores the tale of a little girl whose magic umbrella allows her to reverse the weather. The illustrations are magnificent. This book would be excellent for a first grade class. You could definitely utilize this book for an awesome writing lesson to create a written story. I would preview it with a small group and ask questions that would elicit my students' thoughts. I would have them observe what is happening in the story and compose their own story. I would also come up with a core vocabulary for the story with the students. This book would be an excellent tool in the classroom!
February 27, 2009
We loved this book! No words, just pictures, and lots of imagination! The illustrations are just fantastic. I only wish the book were larger, to better show them off. There are so many detours you can take with this simple book. Opposites, predicting what will happen next, asking yourselves "what would I do if I had a magic umbrella?", asking "would you go outside in the snow dressed in a swimsuit?", the list goes on. I read it to 8 classes and the questions and comments were different in each group, but we all loved the book. The votes are; Loved it=153, just okay=7, didn't like it=0.
October 31, 2010
In this wordless book, a magic Un-Brella enables a little girl to change the season to whatever she is in the mood for.
In the beginning of the story, it is winter, but the girl gets dressed in a swimsuit and sunglasses! We discuss what type of clothes she SHOULD wear in the winter and WHY. We notice that she has pictures on her wall for each of the 4 seasons – but something is wrong (there is a snowman in every picture). We notice that there is something different about this book (no words! You have to ‘read’ the pictures). In the summer the girl dresses in the clothes that we thought she should put on in the winter.
In the beginning of the story, it is winter, but the girl gets dressed in a swimsuit and sunglasses! We discuss what type of clothes she SHOULD wear in the winter and WHY. We notice that she has pictures on her wall for each of the 4 seasons – but something is wrong (there is a snowman in every picture). We notice that there is something different about this book (no words! You have to ‘read’ the pictures). In the summer the girl dresses in the clothes that we thought she should put on in the winter.
November 30, 2011
When Lucy enters Narnia she meets the Faun, Mr. Tumnus, near the lampost. Mr. Tumnus offers the use of his umbrella and invites Lucy to join him for tea. We could have made this week's theme "Stranger Danger" but instead we featured "Umbrella" stories and "Tea Party" stories. We began with this wordless fantasy.
The children loved the idea of an un-brella that changed winter weather to summer and then spring weather back to winter. Since there are no words in the book the story is created by "dialogic reading". Click this link for an example of this process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmwfy...
The children loved the idea of an un-brella that changed winter weather to summer and then spring weather back to winter. Since there are no words in the book the story is created by "dialogic reading". Click this link for an example of this process: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXmwfy...
March 10, 2008
This is a really fun book for preschoolers! It is a wordless story about a little girl with a really magic umbrella! My 3-year old can't get enough of this book and loves to climb in to my lap and announce that she is going to read the book to me! The illustrations are clever and engaging and the story lends itself to a great discussion about what your child would do with a magic umbrella...or what they would do if their favorite stuff animal came to life...or if their Polly Pockets could talk!
April 26, 2010
If you’re wishing for the weather to change, this is the book for you. This book is about a magical umbrella that changes the weather. On a snowy day outside, everything under this umbrella is green and warm like summer. However, on a warm day outside, everything is snowy under this umbrella. This is a fun book done in cut-paper illustrations. This would be great for pairing with Totally Polar by Mary Crisp.
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May 28, 2011Crystal Marcos (goodreads) recommendation:
Un-Brella is a perfect starter wordless book for the very young. Although, I am not very young and I appreciate it! My daughter is almost two and she was mesmerized by it. We read it three times in a row and afterwards she flipped through it herself. Later that day, her cousin came over and she had me read it to them both. He is a little younger than her and he also enjoyed it.
Un-Brella is a perfect starter wordless book for the very young. Although, I am not very young and I appreciate it! My daughter is almost two and she was mesmerized by it. We read it three times in a row and afterwards she flipped through it herself. Later that day, her cousin came over and she had me read it to them both. He is a little younger than her and he also enjoyed it.
June 5, 2010
An UNbrella doesn't protect you from the rain, it changes the weather. This cute wordless book has an appealing heroine who heads outside in the snow with her swim gear and enjoys a lovely beach day thanks to her trusty unbrella. But when summer comes, and she misses the snowmen, she can handle that too. Lots of fun to share with little kids.
October 5, 2010
Loved this picture book! I loved the detailed drawings and the fun concept. My 1st grader brought it home as part of his homework, and I immediately loved it. What was even more fun was when we saw the author on the back flap and realized that my husband had gone to USU with him (Mike was an undergrad when Scott was finishing his grad work.)
February 6, 2012
I have to say I'm a sucker for good illustrations. I don't have any children of my own, and I've "outgrew" picture books awhile ago, but I still love them. But it's all about the illustrations.
This book has wonderful illustrations! The wordless storyline is cute and fun, and this is definitely a book I want to pass on to the children I do know. But oh, I loved the pictures so much!
This book has wonderful illustrations! The wordless storyline is cute and fun, and this is definitely a book I want to pass on to the children I do know. But oh, I loved the pictures so much!
March 2, 2009
Ever wish that you had a magical umbrella that would give you different weather from the rest of the world oustide? This little girl has one! With charming illustrations and not one word of text, this book really allows your imagination to tell the story!
March 16, 2009
I love the digital snowflakes, by the way, no two are the same. Scott Franson was one of Jenedy's instructors. This is the type of Un-brella you want when the weather is not perfect. Great illustrations.
February 15, 2012
This is a wonderful book for beginning reading skills. It is a wordless book that teaches children to read the pictures from top to bottom left to right, and, though wordless, it tells a great story that makes children think!:)
January 16, 2009
Well, so many 5 star children's books. This is a wordless story with darling artwork, geared toward younger children. My children loved it.
January 31, 2009
Cute cute wordless story. Fun, imaginative story, my kids were tickled by what this little girl does with her "un-brella."
April 13, 2010
super cute no words book about a magic unbrella. I want one!
October 27, 2010
Very cute! It's only pictures, but they're adorable! I met the illustrator, and he's a great guy!
January 23, 2009
I really, really hope Scott Franson creates more books!
February 5, 2020
Creative, imaginative wordless book about a child whose umbrella has the power to change the weather, creating summery paths through the snow to fit her swimsuit wear, then bringing back a trail of winter weather with her winter wear as she creates her own little sphere of snow, which follows her inside even as the outside summers on.
April 3, 2023
This book doesn’t have any words, just illustrations, which were cute. But I like words in my books 🤷♀️. My 6 yr old like making up his own story and he liked the pictures though. The illustrations were very cute.
June 18, 2020
The artwork is amazing and I think this is a great book to pour over and explore. However, it's wordless and the pictures are super intricate so I won't be using it for story time.
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June 5, 2024
So imaginative! What a great book to spark children using their imagine!
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April 15, 2025Wordless story-Great example for graphic design
September 16, 2014
I loved this book. It is about a little girl who is probably about 4 years old (pre school age) because she not in school. She has drawings on the wall and she has a huge imagination. It looks like she is from a middle class family from the picture of her house and the items she has around her bedroom like swim fins, gold fish, pictures on the wall, umbrella, sun glasses, desk and books(maybe that is a strange observation). She looks outside and it is snowing. She decides to go out in her swimsuit with a bag full of summer stuff and an umbrella. The weather changes over everything that the umbrella covers. So where there is snow it turns it to a patch of grass with flowers. The sun is out and bees are flying around. Everywhere she walks the umbrella creates a path that is green and springlike but around the path is full of snow with snowmen and trees are covered in snow. During the spring the umbrella does the opposite and coverts the area she walks around to paths full of snow. I can tell that this little girl is having a lot of fun.
The illustrations are beautiful. I believe that the media used are paper cutouts and acrylic paint. The reason I believe they were used is the different dimensions I saw. They are almost 3-D like pictures but since the colors are so vivid I believe paint was also used.
I would definitely recommend that anyone that loves picture books should spend their time reading this wordless picture book.
The illustrations are beautiful. I believe that the media used are paper cutouts and acrylic paint. The reason I believe they were used is the different dimensions I saw. They are almost 3-D like pictures but since the colors are so vivid I believe paint was also used.
I would definitely recommend that anyone that loves picture books should spend their time reading this wordless picture book.
August 11, 2016
This book is darling! It is a wordless picture book so you get the fun of creating the story and dialogue as you look at the pictures. Kids love doing this because they get to hear or give a new story every time it is read.
The artwork is a lot of fun! It has lots of patterns and details which make it kind of busy, but it works for this book. Because it is wordless the artwork sets the tone for the book - exciting, bright, cheerful, fun.
The idea of an un-brella - an umbrella that changes the weather underneath it - is quite clever. I loved how the artwork showed the drastic change from outside of the un-brella to inside the un-brella. Franson did a great job illustrating the contrast!
Kids will love sitting down and looking at this book. I definitely recommend it!
The artwork is a lot of fun! It has lots of patterns and details which make it kind of busy, but it works for this book. Because it is wordless the artwork sets the tone for the book - exciting, bright, cheerful, fun.
The idea of an un-brella - an umbrella that changes the weather underneath it - is quite clever. I loved how the artwork showed the drastic change from outside of the un-brella to inside the un-brella. Franson did a great job illustrating the contrast!
Kids will love sitting down and looking at this book. I definitely recommend it!
October 9, 2014
I don't know how much cuter a book can get! I've always wished that there was a way for me to have some sunshine during the winter, and some winter during the summer. Through the adorable illustrations that are shown throughout this book, we are able to see just how an umbrella can turn any season, into a good time. The whole time I was reading it, I was wishing for a magical umbrella like the little girls! This story could be used in many ways to teach children about seasons as we are able to see them illustrated throughout the book. I can think of multiple fun craft ideas that one could use, like making your own season changing umbrella to teach a concept. Great book for kids of all ages!
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October 16, 2010In this wordless book, a magic Un-Brella enables a little girl to change the season to whatever she is in the mood for.
In the beginning of the story, it is winter, but the girl gets dressed in a swimsuit and sunglasses! We discuss what type of clothes she SHOULD wear in the winter and WHY. We notice that she has pictures on her wall for each of the 4 seasons – but something is wrong (there is a snowman in every picture). We notice that there is something different about this book (no words! You have to ‘read’ the pictures). In the summer the girl dresses in the clothes that we thought she should put on in the winter.
In the beginning of the story, it is winter, but the girl gets dressed in a swimsuit and sunglasses! We discuss what type of clothes she SHOULD wear in the winter and WHY. We notice that she has pictures on her wall for each of the 4 seasons – but something is wrong (there is a snowman in every picture). We notice that there is something different about this book (no words! You have to ‘read’ the pictures). In the summer the girl dresses in the clothes that we thought she should put on in the winter.
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