Reseña del libro "Beryl Builds It Bigger (en Inglés)"
Beryl the beaver has built a good dam. The pond behind it is clear and round and just deep enough to dive in. 'Hm, ' says Beryl. 'It could be bigger.'So Beryl measures twice (tap, tap) and cuts once. Gnaw, gnaw, gnaw. CRASH. Her friends come to help, because helping Beryl is what you do: Milo drags branches, Fen digs mud, Hazel counts the sticks. The dam gets taller. The pond gets wider. 'Bigger, ' says Beryl. By the end of the week you can see it from the train, and it isn't a pond anymore. It is a lake.Then Milo wades in and asks where the meadow has gone. And a small wet rabbit on a stump, holding a dripping carrot, says: 'My burrow is full of pond.'Why families like itA story about the word enough, for small builders with big plansBeryl fixes her own mistake, the careful way: a side channel first so the water leaves slowly, then the dam comes down one stick at a time while Hazel counts backwards from nine hundred and ninety-nineA measuring refrain (tap, tap) and seven sound words to join in onEnds back at the pond that is exactly the right size, with the whole valley coming to swim in itThe bookAges 3 to 6; reads aloud in about five minutes14 full-colour spreads, 32 pages, 8.5 x 8.5 inch paperback on premium colour paperShort lines, repeated sound words and a refrain a three-year-old can join in onMild peril only, always safe by the next page turn; no lecture at the endAbout Northline KidsFive picture books set in one Rocky Mountain valley, with the same friends in every story: Milo the moose, Pip the chickadee, Beryl the beaver, Hazel the rabbit, Fen the fox and Grandmother Owl. Each book is one season and one feeling, and they can be read in any order.Milo and the Point of Being Big (autumn)Milo and the Frozen River (winter)Pip Laughs at Everything (spring)Beryl Builds It Bigger (summer)Hazel Counts to Brave (autumn storm)
