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Schachner, Judith Byron
3 Reviews
(4)
K-3
Emma, an imaginative and artistic girl fascinated with Vikings, sees an ad in the paper for a Viking ship and asks to have it, although she can't afford the price. Her quixotic dreams are realized when the ship arrives. Based on events in the author's life, the slightly overlong text doesn't explain how the conclusion comes about. Energetic mixed-media and collage illustrations celebrate imagination.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam
(3)
K-3
Simon is such an old cat that he can't see or hear and can hardly move through the house, so he decides to give up and die. But his owners have a different idea: when they present him with a kitten, Simon determines to teach the new pet everything he needs to know. The artwork captures both the energy of the kitten and the slow creakiness of the old but beloved Siamese.
Reviewer: Anne St. John
(3)
1-3
Ralph Waldo Emerson's new cook Annie Burns writes despairingly to her mother that "what I'll be cooking for this man is a mystery." Emerson's imagination sustains him; he pushes aside food as unimportant. Finally, Annie reaches back into her own childhood imaginings to create a dish--"Sunrise Pie"--that piques Emerson's appetite. Loose-lined watercolors illustrate a charming bit of fictionalized history about the author's great-grandmother.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
3 reviews
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