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Title: Letting Swift River Go by Jane Yolen, Barbara Cooney ISBN: 0-316-96860-9 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Should have packed an emotional whallop
Comment: "Drowing towns" I had never heard of such a thing and was highly interested in reading this book about a remarkable event in history.
(Though apparently it has happened worldwide)
To be honest .. I was disappointed. What should have been an emotional, impactful story turned out to be rather bland.
The writing was choppy, (difficult to read out loud) pictures ho-hum (even though I love Barbara Cooney!) and the overall intensity was not there as I thought it should be. Afterall we are talking about people leaving the homes and their way of life that had been in their families for generations.
I was expecting better. I think Patricia MacLachlan and Illustrator Ted Rand or Susan Jeffers could have made a real triumph out of this.
That said, _DO_ read this book. It is a remarkable event in history and this book is still worth reading.
Rating: 5
Summary: moving & important -- a great place to bring your kid's mind
Comment: The concept of water -- where does it come from, how do we use it, where does it go when we are done with it -- is a big topic in our busy household. Both of my kids are interested in the environment and conservation, and I think a lot of that interest can be attributed to a small set of books -- Letting Swift River Go among them -- that were a part of their bedtime often throughout the beginnings of their childhood. My youngest son, in fact, is eleven now, but still pulls this book out and reads it to himself and to others on occasion.
You'll find the great writing here that you expect from Jane Yolen, along with a plot that serves as a vehicle for commentary that allows children to look at the cost of progress when it comes to building towns and cities.
Rating: 5
Summary: Amazingly touching...great for kids and adults
Comment: This is one of the best children's books I've read in a long time. The story of the building of the Quabbin Resevoir in western MA is not a wide told story, but it should be. This book is clearly written so children can understand what was happeneing. The illustrations are also wonderful and will keep the children engaged. If you're the grown up reader, don't count on getting through this with a dry eye. It's definatly a book for ALL ages. ~Sarah Aziz Mount Holyoke College Sophomore (age 19)
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Title: My Mama Had a Dancing Heart (Orchard Paperbacks) by Libba Moore Gray, Raul Colon ISBN: 0531071421 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, Krysten Brooker, Kyrsten Brooker ISBN: 0531071367 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: An Angel for Solomon Singer by Cynthia Rylant, Peter Catalanotto ISBN: 0531070824 Publisher: Orchard Books Pub. Date: September, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: All the Places to Love by Patricia MacLachlan, Michael Wimmer ISBN: 0060210982 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 30 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant, Stephen Gammell ISBN: 0689717385 Publisher: Pearson Learning Pub. Date: 31 July, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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