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Bulldozers push the raccoon and his friends from their home, but they are able to find a new one after a terrifying train ride.
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Jun 01, 2010
Ronyell
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“Farewell to Shady Glade” is another classic book from Bill Peet and it is about how a group of animals have to move away from Shady Glade in order to find a safer place to live when bulldozers came to tear down Shady Glade. “Farewell to Shady Glade” is a brilliant book about the trials of moving to a new place that children will surely love.
Bill Peet’s story about how a group of animals try to find a new place to live is truly touching as the animals try to believe in the hope of f More...
Bill Peet’s story about how a group of animals try to find a new place to live is truly touching as the animals try to believe in the hope of f More...
Apr 26, 2011
Nancy
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A beautifully written and illustrated children’s book about the problems encountered by wildlife as our cities and towns keep expanding into their territory. It’s a problem I know only too well as we trap possum under our 100+ year old house and transport them up the Mt. Baker highway to the Nooksack River. It’s a trip we make frequently every year. Not too long ago I had just gotten home and pulled my car into the driveway when I looked up to see a mule deer trotting down the sidewalk. These an
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Jul 22, 2011
Laura
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This is my favorite book of all time.
A group of animals have to move when their home is about to bulldozed for development. Led by an old raccoon, the animals hop a train in search of a new home. After the train travels through the polluted city, the animals finally find a suitable location, and hop off the train. Upper elementary school children can read this alone, or it could be read aloud to younger kids—pre-school and elementary. Peet is great at personifying animals in pictures. More...
A group of animals have to move when their home is about to bulldozed for development. Led by an old raccoon, the animals hop a train in search of a new home. After the train travels through the polluted city, the animals finally find a suitable location, and hop off the train. Upper elementary school children can read this alone, or it could be read aloud to younger kids—pre-school and elementary. Peet is great at personifying animals in pictures. More...
Feb 03, 2010
Joey
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Cute but sad story. The animals of Shady Glade are forced to leave their home when bulldozers and "mechanical monsters" from the city start destroying their land. They hop on a train and travel far away to a new home that's just like Shady Glade, and where "everything is perfectly right."
Sep 28, 2009
Grace
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A book version of the story found in the film "Over the Hedge". Development is encroaching on Shady Glade and the animals are not sure what to do. Instead of being lead on an insurrection however these animals end up leaving their beloved home to find a new place where they can live.
May 16, 2010
Kayanna
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The first book that made me an environmentalist - even before the Lorax. I loved Bill Peet as a kid, and this was the first of his I read.
Jan 09, 2012
Ella
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As a general rule Bill Peet is always, ALWAYS good. Happy times when year 2 teacher would read his catalogue to class.
Sep 11, 2009
Miranda
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I love Bill Peet. The books are fun, chariming, interesting and informative, especially from an environmental point of view.
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