Aunt Lily's Laundromat [Hardcover]

Melanie Hope Greenberg (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 1, 1994 | Age Range: 5 and up

Aunt Lilly thinks about her island home, Haiti, while she works in her laundromat in Brooklyn.

Product Details

• Age Range: 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525452117
• ISBN-13: 978-0525452119
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,543,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Aunt Lilly works in a Brooklyn laundromat, sorting, washing, drying and folding, all the while thinking about her childhood in Haiti. Bundles of colored laundry ("blues and greens like the warm Caribbean sea"), gurgling washing machines, etc., conspire to remind her of "her lovely native land filled with singing birds." Lilly is happy, taking pride in her work, and when she has a quiet moment she makes paintings based on her childhood memories. Busy illustrations in bold, luminous colors capture Lilly's joie de vivre. "Her" Haitian pictures, full of exuberance and tropical abundance, transform her sweet longing into canvases of pulsing island life. Greenberg's work has a childlike zest and, at the same time, is imbued with a strong sense of order and design. Her book succeeds as a celebration of fond memory and honest labor. Ages 4-8.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2?In this slice of urban life, readers are introduced to Aunt Lilly, who left her beloved homeland many years before to come to New York, where she operates a laundromat. Lilly is outgoing and cheerful, and continually sees connections between her world in Brooklyn and her life as a child in Haiti. Throughout the text, which follows the woman through her day of washing, drying, folding, and chatting, she recalls sensations and colors and then records them on canvas in her back-room studio. The decorative, full-page illustrations alternate lively scenes that evoke a sense of Carribean color and charm with equally vivid pictures of the laundromat. This is pleasant enough fare, but it lacks a strong story line, and may not hold a lot of interest for most children.?Janet O'Brien, Mount Pleasant Public Library, Pleasantville, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 24 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (September 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525452117
• ISBN-13: 978-0525452119
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,543,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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