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Voices in the Park
Contributor(s): Browne, Anthony (Author)
ISBN: 078948191X     ISBN-13: 9780789481917
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
OUR PRICE:   $8.99  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: December 2001
* Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: The four seasons in a city park are represented by apes in human clothing: a rich, uptight woman in the fall; a sad, unemployed man in the winter; the woman's lonely boy in the spring; the man's joyful daughter in the summer. Each one sees the place and the others differently, yet together the voices tell a story. Full-color illustrations.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Values & Virtues
- Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - Environment
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 97048730
Lexile Measure: 560
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 9.88" W x 11.63" (0.46 lbs) 32 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 29513
Reading Level: 2.8   Interest Level: Lower Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Different characters tell the same story from their own perspectives in this timeless children's story book, which explores the themes of alienation, friendship, and the bizarre amid the mundane.

I called his name . . .
I settled on a bench . . .
I was amazed . . .
I felt really, really happy . . .

Four people enter a park, and through their eyes we see four different visions. There's the bossy woman, the sad man, the lonely boy, and the young girl whose warmth touches those she meets. As the story moves from one voice to another, their perspectives are reflected in the shifting landscape and seasons. This is an intriguing, multi-layered, enormously entertaining book that demands to be read again and again.

A Family Life Critic's Choice Award winner, Voices in the Park uses radically different perspectives to give fascinating depth to an otherwise simple story.