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By Kristen · 24 posts · 186 views
By Kristen · 24 posts · 186 views
last updated Feb 17, 2018 05:02PM
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There are times before a book is even in your possession; you know you have to read it. It's one thing when contemporaries recommend a book to you, but when one of your students tells you to read a book you read it with no questions asked. If they know you well enough to believe you will love a book, then the best connections have been made. It means you and your students have established a mutual love of reading. A bridge named trust has been built.
. @Loveofxena after we read Tony, Alan said, " ...more
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I adore Erin E. Stead's body of work, but the colors in this one dated the book, I felt. I liked the poem (once I realized it was a poem and not just missing punctuation) and the horse was just majestic. Overall a good book, but not my favorite of Stead's.
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I know book reviews are completely subjective, but what's with all the 5-star ratings?
Also, the picture with the shoes next to the carrots made me think the poem's narrator was a grieving dad who couldn't sleep at night because his kid died. ...more
Also, the picture with the shoes next to the carrots made me think the poem's narrator was a grieving dad who couldn't sleep at night because his kid died. ...more
I think as a story, this is not the most engaging book. However, read as a poem, supported by the lovely illustrations, it might make a good mentor text for young poetry writers.
This quiet story of a horse delivering goods is told wonderfully through the gorgeous illustrations.
Historical fiction life story without a story -- a day in the life. Pretty but not very interesting.
Such a quiet, sweet book, and oh those eyes of Tony's! "...he is such a wonderful horse,..."
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a simple story, tenderly told, and wonderful and gentle illustrations set this book apart.
Mar 08, 2017
Patty Barr
marked it as to-read
Dec 08, 2017
Jackie Ostrowicki
marked it as to-read
