| What You Know First Contributor(s): MacLachlan, Patricia (Author), Moser, Barry (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064434923 ISBN-13: 9780064434928 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: When a little girl and her family move from their cherished home on the prairie, her father assures her that she'll never forget her birthplace. Just to make sure, she finds a special way to bring along a little bit of the place she knew first. Illustrated with engravings. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life - Juvenile Fiction | Family - Multigenerational - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - New Experience |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 94038341 |
| Series: Trophy Picture Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.24" H x 9.07" W x 9.01" (0.31 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Cultural Region - Plains |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 21275 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The stunning picture book collaboration between Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan and acclaimed illustrator Barry Moser. A young girl comes to terms with the fact that she and her family are leaving the prairie. As she talks herself into acceptance, her Mama helps her let go, commenting that the baby will need someone to tell him where he came from. So the girl gathers mementos--a bag of earth and a piece of cottonwood tree. "As with Sarah, Plain and Tall, the subtext vibrates. So much is told in each perfectly chosen phrase. The story is deep and specific, but the pain and denial of a child leaving a known and loved place is all too universal. Moser's finely-wrought engravings, enhanced by moody tints, record the departure."--School Library Journal
1995 American Bookseller Association Pick of the Lists |
Contributor Bio(s): MacLachlan, Patricia: - Patricia MacLachlan is the celebrated author of many timeless novels for young readers, including Newbery Medal winner Sarah, Plain and Tall; Word After Word After Word; Kindred Souls; The Truth of Me; The Poet's Dog; and My Father's Words. She is also the author of countless beloved picture books, a number of which she cowrote with her daughter, Emily. She lives in Williamsburg, Massachusetts. Moser, Barry: -Barry Moser is the prizewinning illustrator and designer of more than three hundred books for children and adults. He is widely celebrated for his dramatic wood engravings for the only twentieth-century edition of the entire King James Bible illustrated by a single artist. He lives in western Massachusetts. |