A Summertime Song
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One warm summer night, a frog jumped into Lucy's room with an invitation for her to a birthday party and a magic paper party hat. Lucy put it on, and out in the garden, when a moonbeam touched the hat, Lucy was as little as a leaf. So begins Lucy's wonderful adventure.
A taxi driven by Baby Bird, who is afraid to fly, picks Lucy up to take her to the party. On the way, they stop for Madame Mouse, wearing a brand new hat she's made; an inch-worm determined to get to the party in time to have some birthday cake; and a tiny tattered old doll whose owner, for whom he still longs, had lost him in the shadows of moonlight long ago. But suddenly, a huge owl blocks their way -- and he wants them all for his supper Will they escape? Will they get to the party? Will the tiny doll ever be reunited with his beloved owner?
In a lovely, lyrical text, the story unfolds to its happy ending. The magical pictures, painted with intricate detail and subtle colors, bring the moonlit garden world to life. This is an extraordinary book of great beauty and vivid imagination that small children and adults will look at again and again, discovering new wonders and surprises as they look. It is a treasure by the widely known and loved author/artist of The Maggie B.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 04/01/1997
ISBN: 9780689505492
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 11.20h x 12.28w x 0.38d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/24/1997 pg. 82
School Library Journal 06/01/1997 pg. 88
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/1997 pg. 556
New York Times 06/01/1997 pg. 36
Booklist 05/15/1997 pg. 1579
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 266 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 21296 / Summertime Song
Reading Level: 3.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5
A taxi driven by Baby Bird, who is afraid to fly, picks Lucy up to take her to the party. On the way, they stop for Madame Mouse, wearing a brand new hat she's made; an inch-worm determined to get to the party in time to have some birthday cake; and a tiny tattered old doll whose owner, for whom he still longs, had lost him in the shadows of moonlight long ago. But suddenly, a huge owl blocks their way -- and he wants them all for his supper Will they escape? Will they get to the party? Will the tiny doll ever be reunited with his beloved owner?
In a lovely, lyrical text, the story unfolds to its happy ending. The magical pictures, painted with intricate detail and subtle colors, bring the moonlit garden world to life. This is an extraordinary book of great beauty and vivid imagination that small children and adults will look at again and again, discovering new wonders and surprises as they look. It is a treasure by the widely known and loved author/artist of The Maggie B.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 04/01/1997
ISBN: 9780689505492
Pages: 32
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 11.20h x 12.28w x 0.38d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/24/1997 pg. 82
School Library Journal 06/01/1997 pg. 88
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/1997 pg. 556
New York Times 06/01/1997 pg. 36
Booklist 05/15/1997 pg. 1579
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/1997 pg. 266 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 21296 / Summertime Song
Reading Level: 3.5 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5