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Type of bind: Paperback
Brand: BIGTOFFICE
EAN num: 9780395891124
ISBN number: 0395891124
Label: Sandpiper
Manufacturer: Sandpiper
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 40
Printing Date: March 30, 1998
Publishing house: Sandpiper
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 657497
Studio: Sandpiper
Features:- CHILDRENS BOOKS & MUSIC
- Childrens Books
- Book with Cassette
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Product Description:
The little house very first stood in the country, but gradually the city moved closer and closer. This professional narration of the classic story includes sound effects, original music, and page-turn signals. Side two contains an uninterrupted reading.
Amazon.com Review:
'Once upon a time there was a Little House way out in the country. She was a pretty Little House and she was strong and well built.' So begins Virginia Lee Burton's classic The Little House, winner of the prestigious Caldecott Medal in 1943. The rosy-pink Little House, on a hill surrounded by apple trees, watches the days go, by from the very first apple blossoms in the spring through the winter snows. Always faintly aware of the city's distant lights, she starts to notice the city encroaching on her bucolic existence. First a road appears, which brings horseless carriages and then trucks and steamrollers. Before long, more roads, bigger homes, apartment buildings, stores, and garages surround the Little House. Her family moves out and she finds herself alone in the middle of the city, where the artificial lights are so bright that the Little House can no longer see the sun or the moon. She often dreams of 'the field of daisies and the apple trees dancing in the moonlight.' Children will be saddened to see the lonely, claustrophobic, dilapidated house, but when a woman recognizes her and whisks her back to the country where she belongs, they will rejoice. Young readers are more likely to be drawn in by the whimsical, detailed drawings and the happy ending than by anything Burton might have been implying about the troubling effects of urbanization. (Ages 3 to 6)
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I love the message of this book, but it is sad when we look around at our world yesterday and see so much "country" turning into city. Loved this one as a child and am reading to my son now.
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This was my favorite book when I was little and still is one of my favorite books for children. I add this book to every gift I give at baby showers. A good book with a good lesson!
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This was one of my favorites as kid. Then, sadly, I forgot about it until stumbling across it in the school library. It is once again one of my favorites. Cynics might roll their eyes at this tribute to good ol' days gone by, but I personally appreciate the nostalgia and the house with its subtle face parts is adorable. You feel so bad for the cute little house! It is also an observation at the change of time. I don't know how intense that is as a theme, but I found it touching and Burton tells the tale with such heart and care.
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We live in a very old house in the country and this book was such a cute story about just that. We enjoyed it.
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Another timeless classic by this author. It's an amazing story about appreciation. Completely entertaining and like the other books in this series, the artwork is phenominal!!!
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