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Waiting for the Evening Star
On the Vermont farm where young Berty lives, the year turns like a slow wheel, and new discoveries and old traditions grace each season. There is always time to explore, to watch the men cut ice on the pond, to savor Mama's hot cider, and to watch the stars come out. Rosemary Wells and Susan Jeffers vividly evoke a time gone by in this celebration of the American family.
Hardcover, 400 pages
Published
September 6th 1993
by Dial
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My kids found this book a little boring (it is pretty long) but the writing is beautiful. "The year turned like a wheel. Time went by like a slow song with so many verses you couldn't count them." "A sudden truth flooded my heart, although I had no words to put on it then. I was seeing time itself, not the southbound train, carry Luke away. It was time itself I saw uncoil and become an arrow instead of a wheel, heading ever onward to France, land of palm trees, never to return the same." "Then I...more
My little one had no intention of sitting through "all those words." It is probably a book more aimed at mature children, or their parents. Charming, poignant, without being disturbing. About a farming family, and the younger brother's experience the year his older brother prepared to fight in World War One.
Very lovely. A bit quiet and subtle for a child (or my children's tastes), but I liked it for myself.
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Rosemary Wells is the author of a number of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series which follows the everyday adventures of sibling bunnies - curious three year old Max and bossy seven year old Ruby. She gets the inspiration for Max and Ruby from her two daughters and the experiences they have with friends and school. Her West Hig...more
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Rosemary Wells is the author of a number of popular children's books, most notably the Max and Ruby series which follows the everyday adventures of sibling bunnies - curious three year old Max and bossy seven year old Ruby. She gets the inspiration for Max and Ruby from her two daughters and the experiences they have with friends and school. Her West Hig...more
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