2001 Harper Collins
Looks like it may be out-of-print
32 pgs.
Goodreads rating: 4.07 - 56 ratings
My rating: 5
Endpapers: White
1st line/s: "In the old days, before I ws ten, we rented an apartment on Emerald Street. It was a small place to live in for one whole family, but somehow we made the room."
My comments: To find such a lovely picture book about Habitat for Humanity-type building and receiving is a real treat and a wonderful treasure! Great story AND illustrations that depict a wonderful family of five.
Goodreads: Andy is so used to his family's small, run-down apartment that he has never imagined living anywhere else--especially not in a new house with a garden and a porch. Such houses seem like castles to him.
But when he hears about an organization that turns abandoned houses into homes, he discovers that his castle isn't in the clouds--it's on Viola Street. And with some hard work and community caring, it could be his very own.
DyAnne DiSalvo combines new faces with familiar ones from earlier stories in this warm, vibrant tale about the good things that come when a whole family pitches in to make a better life for themselves.
But when he hears about an organization that turns abandoned houses into homes, he discovers that his castle isn't in the clouds--it's on Viola Street. And with some hard work and community caring, it could be his very own.
DyAnne DiSalvo combines new faces with familiar ones from earlier stories in this warm, vibrant tale about the good things that come when a whole family pitches in to make a better life for themselves.
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