<DIV><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><i>The Great Big Green</i> is both a lyrical ode to the earth and a riddle for children to solve, combined in an irresistible read-aloud. What is the Thing exactly? It <i>is</i> green—great and gorgeous green, real mean green, dark and dangerous green; and it’s <i>got</i> green things—broccoli and praying mantises, watermelons and waves of mountains. It’s green, green, green all over . . . except where it’s blue. Can you guess? It is, of course, our Earth.</p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"> </p></div>