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Title: The Little Scarecrow Boy by Margaret Wise Brown, David Diaz ISBN: 0-06-026284-2 Publisher: Joanna Cotler Pub. Date: 30 August, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Scarecrowing literally runs in the family.
Comment: The crows end up chasing the little scarecrow novice, and as he runs away from them in lushishly illustated strawy discombobulation, he makes each face he has practiced to scare crows away. But, ironically, not one of his "scarecrow faces" does actually scare the crows away, and he is carried away by the big black birds. No, just kidding. He just ends up being saved from the untold fate with the crows by his father. This book definitely gets its "charm" from simplicity, but it works. I read it three times in a row to a three year old in the special needs class today. Nice, simple, autumn themed book-it is.
Rating: 4
Summary: A gentle tale of the value of perseverence
Comment: This gentle tale of the value of perseverence is in the best Margaret Wise Brown tradition. Without talking down to young children, she manages to convey the importance of stick-to-itiveness and the great love a young scarecrow boy has for his father. Trying the best he can to live up to his father's work ethic and talents, the little scarecrow boy tries and tries to scare the crows away. Although he fails over and over again, he does eventually succeed and sees that not only is his father proud of him--he is proud of HIMSELF. This is a great lesson quietly told--it's not preachy or high-handed in any way.
Brown's charming tale is greatly bolstered by the color-saturated illustrations of David Diaz. These have a lovely, soft 1930s look that reminds me very much of the illustrations in the original Raggedy Ann and Andy books. I especially like the way Diaz pulls back his perspective on the last page so that you really see why the little scarecrow boy feels, happily, that all is right with the world.
Rating: 4
Summary: great!
Comment: I just read this book to my first grade class and they loved it. It's a great book to introduce the idea of never giving up and feeling proud after a job well done.
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Title: Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant, Lauren Stringer ISBN: 0152024808 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: April, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: The Scarecrow's Hat by Ken Brown ISBN: 1561452408 Publisher: Peachtree Publishers Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Jeb Scarecrow's Pumpkin Patch by Jana Dillon ISBN: 0395745144 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 25 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Lonely Scarecrow by Tim Preston, Maggie Kneen, Caroline Repchuk ISBN: 0525460802 Publisher: Dutton Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd ISBN: 0064431835 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 07 September, 1988 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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