Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Green Eyes
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
69 posts | 24 read | 1 reading | 7 to read
Caldecott Honor winning illustrator, A. Birnbaum has captured the childlike wonder of each season in this 1953 picture book. Green Eyes, the curious kitten, ventures beyond his familiar big red box and greets spring, summer, fall, and wintereach with their unique colors, scents, and feelings. Children will delight in discovery with Green Eyes as he ventures out and cozies up to the familiar warmth of home upon his return. A Caldecott Honor Book A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book "Spectacular." The New Yorker "This genius among caricaturists, Birnbaum, brings the essence of his art to the eyes of small children." New York Herald Tribune "Here is everything a small looker wants and needs in a first picture book." The Chicago Tribune
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
LiseWorks
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image
Pickpick

Written in 1952 this is about a cat who looks ar different objects in the house. #ISpyBingoJuly Finally finished July @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1d
19 likes1 comment
review
Brennap
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image
Pickpick

This RF book, Green Eyes by Abe Birnbaum is a great addition to your home or school library! It won the Caldecott Honor. It would be perfect for a read aloud in the classroom for younger students(pre-k to 2nd),to talk about different concepts like the seasons or farm life. The story is all about this mischievous little kitten who escapes his box and explores the word(farm) around him. https://www.pre-kpages.com/books-about-seasons-for-preschool/

Brennap A UDL principle that is perfectly aligned with this book is 3.1 which is activating/supplying background knowledge. The illustrations will allow the children to connect and clearly understand the book. An ESOL strategy that can be used is 4. Link lesson topic to students‘ prior knowledge. So again activating that prior knowledge about the seasons or farm animals prior to reading or even during the read aloud is useful! 5y
DrSpalding I have seen this book numerous times and have not read it. I am adding this to my stack. Teaching about rural life is actually a standard in social studies in the primary grades. This could be a great read aloud prior to a lesson about the seasons or farm animals. 5y
3 likes1 stack add3 comments
blurb
LauraBeth
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

I haven‘t been on Litsy much lately because I‘ve been experiencing some issues with my phone screen being too sensitive while using the app. I can‘t seem to scroll thru without every single link and every single hashtag launching on every post. Is anyone else experiencing this?

Grey Cat says 👋

AmyG Beautiful cat! 5y
ChasingOm Yes! I thought it was just me. 😂 5y
Amiable Yes! It just started with my phone in the last day or so. I‘m wondering if it‘s because of running the newest update on my iPhone. 5y
See All 24 Comments
Sace I'm on android and I've had no issues. Beautiful kitty! 5y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Yes, it seems to have started with the iOS 13 update for me. Sooo frustrating! 5y
tournevis No issue on Android 5y
BarbaraBB I haven‘t got the iOS 13 update yet and no problems using Litsy. It sounds super frustrating. 5y
LauraJ Yes...when I updated my iPhone. 5y
Lcsmcat Yes, when I updated my iOS to 13. It‘s annoying isn‘t it? 5y
Clare-Dragonfly Yup, definitely the iOS update. 😑 5y
Clare-Dragonfly I just posted about it in the Facebook group (Onward Litsy!), so that the developers might hear about it. 5y
Slajaunie Same here! 5y
sprainedbrain Yes, it‘s terrible. Hi, Kitty! 😃 5y
LauraBeth Thanks @amyg 😊 5y
LauraBeth @ChasingOm, @amiable, @BarbaraTheBibliophage, @LauraJ, @Lcsmcat, @Slajaunie, @sprainedbrain Hopefully, it‘s something minor that can be fixed soon! 5y
LauraBeth Thanks @Clare-Dragonfly! 5y
LauraBeth @tournevis it seems to be an iOS problem ☹️ 5y
LauraBeth @BarbaraBB it is super frustrating ☹️ Hopefully, it can be fixed soon! 5y
Leftcoastzen Pretty kitty !last iOS started this issue, if I scroll through Litsy, I try to have my finger on the photo in post for scrolling 5y
Hooked_on_books As soon as my phone did the latest software update, it‘s been doing this to me. It‘s driving me nuts! I have to watch carefully where I place my thumb when I scroll. 🙄 5y
tournevis @LauraBeth I can see that, yeah. Strange thing. 5y
LeahBergen Hello, Grey Cat! 😘😘 5y
LauraBeth @LeahBergen Grey Cat said you‘re her favorite 😘 5y
94 likes24 comments
quote
ritakingston
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

“And when it gets too cold, I will curl up in my nice warm box and fall asleep.”

blurb
ritakingston
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

I think children would find this page aesthetically pleasing photo.

review
ritakingston
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image
Pickpick

A Caldecott honor book. Nice that there is simple text, which allows more time to focus on the bright and fun illustrations.

blurb
ev844718
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

I thought this book was cute! Simple story about a little kitten growing up. Good for young kids to read on their own.

quote
ev844718
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

“I still like to smell the pretty flowers.”

review
ev844718
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Mehso-so

Green Eyes written by A. Birnbaum was published in 1953. It is a Caldecott Honor Book in which a little kitten grows up in a box and experiences the outdoors. He plays with other animals and he plays in nature! He then grows up and becomes a cat but continues to play outside.

quote
Juliafass
Green Eyes | Abe Birnbaum

“The days grew colder and colder, until one day everything was white.”

blurb
Juliafass
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

A book best known for its bright and colorful illustrations is a nice read for younger children.

review
Juliafass
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image
Mehso-so

Green Eyes written by Birnbaum in 1953 is a Caldecott award winning book and features a variety of bold and fun illustrations to go along with a simplistic text that allows you to focus on the pictures. Nice for very young children to have read to them as the bright colors of the world being depicted on the page will captivate them.

quote
maddyhensley
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

“I was tired and happy when I climbed back into my box.”

blurb
maddyhensley
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

It‘s cool how it showed the kittens first year in the big red box and how it interacts with its surroundings.

review
maddyhensley
Green Eyes | Abe Birnbaum
post image
Pickpick

I think children would thoroughly enjoy this book because the cat in general. Also, showing the different seasons is very knowledgeable.

quote
carlypabin
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

“Now it is springtime again. I am one year old. I am not a kitten anymore. I am a cat and I have a bigger box.”

blurb
carlypabin
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

A cute cat with bright green eyes exploring its first year of life and learning about the seasons and world around it and the farm it lives on!

review
carlypabin
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image
Pickpick

Green Eyes by A. Birnbaum published in 1953 and a Caldecott winner was a very cute book! It showed a cat in its first year of life exploring the world and finding out about all about the seasons! I thought it was interesting to be in the cats point of view!

quote
destaneefolden
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

“I ran around and around and around the biggest tree
I was tired and happy when I climbed back into my box.“

blurb
destaneefolden
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

This is a cute book that would be good to pull out if you were talking about animals or you just had some animal lovers in your class.

review
destaneefolden
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

Green Eyes is a Caldecott honor book, and it's a charming story about a kitten going through all the seasons and turning into an all grown up cat. The illustrations are kid-like and fun to follow along with and the story is charming and sweet. I think this is a good book for the animal lovers in any class.

quote
jkraynak
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

I also liked the descriptive words used in this story. Great for younger kids learning vocabulary. Example: “the earth was soft, the grass was green and tall, the flowers had many colors, and the trees were very big.

blurb
jkraynak
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

I loved the illustrations in this story. They‘re bright, colorful, and different on every page. It brings out the child in you. They make this book have a happy, peaceful tone to it.

review
jkraynak
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

This Caldecott award winning book is written in the perspective of a kitten, who gets older as the story goes along. The theme I picked up form the story is that getting older can be scary, but it comes with similarities to your normal life along with great new things (like being strong enough to climb out of a box!).

quote
k.gauze
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

“And when it gets too cold, I will curl up in my nice warm box and fall asleep.”

blurb
k.gauze
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

Cute story about a cat! Great for exploring different animal and seasons. Also a good example of how we grow and still return to our safe places.

review
k.gauze
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

This Caldecott honor books that was published in 1953 follows the life of a kitten. This little kitten begins in a box and explores the world around it. After lots of exploring the kitten goes back to her safe box and begins exploring the next day. This book is a good way to introduce different animals and the different seasons as well. It helps with empathy and tells a cute story that you can connect to.

quote
sarabellini
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

“Now it is springtime again. I am one year old. I am not a kitten anymore. I am a cat and I have a bigger box.”

blurb
sarabellini
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

I like how the words fall down the page like the leaves fall out of the tree.

review
sarabellini
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

I liked how the book showed the cat, Green Eyes, doing its daily routine and exploring outside along with the changing of the seasons.

SW-T A belated welcome to Litsy 😊 @LitsyWelcomeWagon #litsywelcomewagon 5y
1 like1 comment
quote
kayleaallison
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

blurb
kayleaallison
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

I really like the pictures in this book. I also like that the book is bigger and I think children will enjoy the bright colors along with the large pictures.

review
kayleaallison
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

Green Eyes is about a kitten who is born in the spring and enjoys finding new things like chickens, dogs and cows. He likes to be outside when it is warm and inside when it is cold.

quote
Makenziebrumfield
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

“And when it gets too cold, I will curl up in my nice warm box and fall asleep.”

blurb
Makenziebrumfield
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum

I think kids would really love this book because the story is told from a cat‘s perspective. This makes it fun and interesting.

review
Makenziebrumfield
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
Pickpick

Genre: Caldecott
This was a super cute book. It sort of puts you in the perspective of a cat‘s every day life.

quote
Miadolce
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image

“Now ir is springtime again. I am one year old. I am not a kitten anymore. I am a cat and I have a bigger box.”

blurb
Miadolce
Green Eyes | A. Birnbaum
post image