Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans

In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. The old men hooted and hollered. The barbers, bead twirlers, and beignet bakers bounded behind that one-man parade. But then came the rising Mississippi--and a storm greater than anyone had seen before. In this heartwarming book about a real garbage man, Phil Bildner and John Parra tell the inspiring story of a humble man and the heroic difference he made in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 08/04/2015
ISBN: 9781452125787
Pages: 44
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.50h x 11.10w x 0.50d
Award: Parents Choice Awards (Fall) (2008-Up) - Gold Medal Winner

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 07/01/2015
Shelf Awareness 08/07/2015
School Library Journal 10/01/2015 pg. 72

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 175365 / Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans
Reading Level: 4 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5