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The House
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This book is completely enthralling. Not only will children love it, but adults will really be able to appreciate the house's history. Not to mention the beautiful poetry and illustrations (background! middle ground! foreground! So much to look at!) The story is told in the first person of the house. The house was contructed of stones in the plague year of 1656. The reader can imagine the changes it saw in the passing centuries although at some point it was abandoned. In the year 1900, children re-discover the house- "No longer shut away, a doomed outcast: the children have discovered me at last." During the 20th century, the house hosts a wedding in 1915, a funeral in 1967. It bears witness to the devastation of 2 wars. It shelters refugees. It celebrates victory. The house endures until 1973, when it is again abandoned-"Wild creatures and the elements intrude." This "house of twenty thousand tales" begins to crumble, but the ending is NOT a sad one! This book is sprawling, exciting, gorgeous. Maybe the best children's book I've seen all year...
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Product Details
ISBN:
9781568462011
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication date:
09/01/2009
Publisher:
Creative Editions
Language:
English
Pages:
64
Height:
.60IN
Width:
9.20IN
Thickness:
.75
LCCN:
2008040810
Age Range:
10 to 13
Grade Range:
5 to 8
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2009
UPC Code:
2801568462013
Author:
J Patrick Lewis
Author:
Roberto (ILT) Innocenti
Illustrator:
Roberto Innocenti
Illustrator:
Roberto Innocenti
Author:
J. Patrick Lewis
Author:
J. Patrick Lewis
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Subject:
Dwellings
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Children's poetry, American
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