2012, Candlewick Press
HC $14.99
58 pages
not really an Early Reader, more of a read aloud, I think....
Goodreads rating: 3.46
cag: 3.5 (the writing is gorgeous, much of the storyline is exquisite, but the premise of her "seeing" her grandfather a couple of times after his death almost seemed thrown in....some changes here would have made it a 5 for me.....
Setting: mid-20th century Boston
First Line/s: "Down at the very end of Revere Beach, where the people never go, the mice of Boston spread their towels and plant their beach umbrellas in the sun. Grandfather and I were among them every summer Sunday."
Ah, the snobbish Henry Cabot Lodge and Saltonstall mice, the Swan boats and other Boston locales, the truly lovely writing....just wonderful. Yummy vocabulary, some even unknown to me (which isn't saying much, believe me)....ummmm, crenallated? What a cool word. However, this is a simple book written in large font, looking like the perfect book for an early reader. Wrong. This is one to be read aloud. I'm going to do just that to my fourth graders and will add comments afterwards.
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