The Secret River
Book - 2009 J Fiction / Rawlings, Marjorie 1 On Shelf No requests on this item
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Call Number: J Fiction / Rawlings, Marjorie
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Young Calpurnia takes her dog, Buggy-horse, and follows her nose to a secret river in a Florida forest, where she catches enough fresh fish to feed her hungry neighbors, even after giving some to the forest creatures she meets on the way home. Rawlings{u2019} 1956 Newbery Honor title is newly illustrated here in the Dillons{u2019} signature style, with glowing, full-page acrylic paintings and small freestanding images that capture the story{u2019}s magic realism from a child{u2019}s viewpoint.
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COMMUNITY REVIEWS
Only Children's Book submitted by kferguson on August 26, 2016, 9:28pm This is Rawlings only children's book. It is delightful and illustrations are lovely.
SERIES
Newbery Honor book - 1956.
PUBLISHED
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 2 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 720
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781416911791
1416911790
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Dillon, Leo,
Dillon, Diane,
SUBJECTS
Fishing -- Fiction.
Hunger -- Fiction.
Forests and forestry -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Forest animals -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.