Houghton Miffline Books for Children, 2011
$15.99
40 pgs.
For: Thinkers ages 4 and up
Rating: 4
Endpapers: a look into the secret box, open inside cover on left, pile of items on right (you're looking down into the box....)
A boy puts some mementos and a map into a "Seahorse Pier Saltwater Taffy" candy box and hides it away under the floorboards in the top-floor dormitory room of some sort of haven for boys. This is some time ago, because the story continues to show the area and neighborhood as they progress from spread-out farmland to eventual full-throttle inner city. However, the house stays there, cramped now among huge buildings. The house still is home to boys, and one day three modern-era boys find the box. They follow the map to see where it leads. Cool. At the end, time has passed again, and two even more modern boys find the box.....
Oh yes, another great book to create story from images...perfect....PERFECT for fourth grade boys!
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