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If You Ever Get Lost: The Adventures of Julia and Evan
80 pp.
| Greenwillow |
May, 2000 |
TradeISBN 0-688-16947-3$$15.95
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Nancy Carpenter.
Porte's present-tense narrative lends an immediacy to the everyday capers of two young suburban children. Julia and her younger brother, Evan, get lost at a marathon, watch a spider spin its web, play with their umbrellas indoors, and practice their Spanish. Each of the nine chapters, illustrated with jaunty pen and wash drawings, can be read aloud as a satisfying short story.