When a young girl named Kikko realizes her father has forgotten the pie he was supposed to bring to Grandma’s house, she offers to try and catch him as he makes his way through the woods. She hurriedly follows her father’s footprints in the snow and happens upon a large house she has never seen
When a young girl named Kikko realizes her father has forgotten the pie he was supposed to bring to Grandma’s house, she offers to try and catch him as he makes his way through the woods. She hurriedly follows her father’s footprints in the snow and happens upon a large house she has never seen before. Curious, Kikko peers through the window, when she is startled by a small lamb wearing a coat and carrying a purse. Even more surprising, the lamb speaks, asking her in a kind voice, .Are you here for the tea party?. Suddenly, Kikko realizes her trip through the woods has turned into something magical. Award-winning author and illustrator Akiko Miyakoshi has beautifully crafted an original fairy tale picture book that will delight and enchant. The unique visual presentation features mostly black-and-white art with the occasional use of red or yellow to help guide readers through the pages. Kikko’s blend of courage and reticence along with her inquisitive nature makes her a character children will relate to, and the many unexpected twists and turns of her adventure keep the intrigue growing. The ambiguous ending — in which it is not clear whether Kikko imagined the tea party or if the animals simply disappeared back into the woods — provides a terrific opportunity for children to weigh in on what they think happened. This book also could launch classroom conversations about children’s own experiences of being trusted with big responsibilities.
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Beautiful Charcoals Carry This Evocative Tale We follow Kikko through wintry woods to a warm and comfy tea party with unusual but very welcoming guests. The books starts with chilly scenes of winter that are captured perfectly by Miyakoshi’s spare charcoal lines accented by welcome bits of expressive color. Then we enter the odd world of the mystery tea party and the drawings, (now nicely colored where appropriate), manage to convey just the right sense of awe, excitement, surprise, and good cheer.
A beautifully illustrated storybook filled with enchantment ‘The Tea Party in the Woods’ by Akiko Miyakoshi is the kind of gorgeous picture book that begs to be shared and savored during a quiet storytime with a youngster.
Beautiful Illustrations and upbeat story. The story begins with Kikko realizing that her father has forgotten to take the pie with him to her grandmother`s house. Her mother allows her to take the pie and `catch up`with her father. She runs to catch up to him only to realize that the figure she is following is not her father, but a bear. She gets invited in to a Tea Party and the kind and generous animals not only make her feel welcome, but make up another pie to take to her grandmother because the one she was carrying had gotten…