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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Henry Hikes to Fitchburgby D B Johnson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's WALDEN, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. When the two agree to meet one evening in Fitchburg, which is thirty miles away, each decides to get there in his own way and have surprisingly different days. Review:The New York Times Book review (10/5/00) Review:"An auspicious picture book debut." —Horn Book Review:STAR "A nicely realized retelling of a short passage from Henry Thoreau's Walden." —School Library Journal, starred review Review:A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Review:years." Review:Daniel Pinkwater, NPR Weekend Edition Review:"A masterpiece . . .The finest illustrations I've seen in years and years andyears." —Daniel Pinkwater, NPR Weekend Edition Review:STAR "A nicely realized retelling of a short passage from Henry Thoreau's Walden." —School Library Journal, starred review Synopsis:Inspired by a passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, this wonderfully appealing story follows two friends who have very different approaches to life. Illustrations. About the AuthorD. B. Johnson read Walden in college and was fascinated by the way it mixed nature with politics. He took from Thoreau a lifelong interest in peaceful social change, a belief in the power of ideas, and a road map that made the life of an artist possible through simple living. He has been a freelance illustrator for more than twenty years and has done editorial cartoons, comic strips, and conceptual illustrations for magazines and newspapers around the country. Mr. Johnson's first picture book, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg, was a New York Times Bestseller, a Publishers Weekly Bestseller as well as an American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists."Henry Hikes to Fitchburg also won numerous awards and accolades including the Boston GlobeHorn Book Award for Picture Books, the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, the Massachusetts Book Award for Best Children's Picture Book, a Booklist Editors'Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. He and his wife Linda live in New Hampshire. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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