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40 pp.
| Clarion
| September, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-544-10443-3$16.99
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PS
Visiting Nana in the city, the unnamed child narrator is initially unreceptive to the appeal. "The city is busy...loud...[and] filled with scary things." Nana promises to show her young visitor that "the city is wonderful--bustling, booming, and extraordinary," and their tour the following day does just that. The simple, meaningful text is well served by richly detailed watercolors conveying a bustling city.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2014
40 pp.
| Clarion
| June, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-547-72991-6$16.99
(2)
PS
The narrator kidnaps his sister's stuffed rabbit, lashes it to his toy boat, and sets it sail on the lake. The boat capsizes, and sister and mom are angry; later when the bunny disappears--again!--they understandably suspect the narrator. (Readers will see that a wild raccoon is the real culprit.) With boldly rendered spreads, the book is at once handsome and child friendly.
40 pp.
| Holt
| July, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-0-8050-8929-5$16.99
(2)
K-3
A boy desperately wants a pet. His parents veto every suggestion until, remarkably, they approve his acquisition of a wild turtle from the park. Castillo's expressive art sets the boy in a friendly, bustling cityscape and deftly conveys his longing for an animal friend, joy at achieving that goal, and realization that a wild animal shouldn't be cooped up in an apartment.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2011
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