Kildee House (The Newbery Honor Roll) [Paperback]

Rutherford G. Montgomery (Author), Barbara Cooney (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: Newbery Honor Roll

Newbery Honor Book, 1950

An early naturalist and philosopher escapes civilization by building his house among the giant redwoods.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Walker Childrens (September 1, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0802773885
• ISBN-13: 978-0802773883
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #384,600 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love sharing this book with young and adult friends!, April 15, 2000

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This review is from: Kildee House (The Newbery Honor Roll) (Paperback)

Jerome Kildee is a shy stonecutter who retires to the redwood forest to be alone. He finds, instead, friendship for the first time in his life. Delightfully simple, soothing, and serene, this little book takes the reader into the heart of an unassuming man who finds joy in the animals and children he learns to know; the reader has the sublime opportunity of gaining the friendships Jerome finds in spite of his self-imposed isolation. His quiet ways allow for the local animals and children to invade his space, and that is when the fun begins. Jerome learns to relate to a variety of personalities and resolve the issues in an unusual community of innocence. The descriptions of his little home will charm you enough to want to retreat there. For anyone who enjoys nature and self discovery, Kildee house is a book to savor. I have read Jerome's story about 30 times. I love sharing it with the people I care about because it has never failed to delight and satisfy its new friends.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartwarming Story, December 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Kildee House (The Newbery Honor Roll) (Paperback)

This is a heartwarming story, very well written, about a man who builds a home on the side of a giant redwood tree. A family of skunks claim the house as their own, and the man is kind to them. Other forest animals visit, as well. The man doesn't have the heart to turn the animals away, nor can he turn away children from two fueding families. My eight year old son loved this book at bedtime. It's a gentle story written decades ago, in a gentler time. Highly recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kildee's House, August 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Kildee House (Hardcover)

There was no summary for this book however, if it is the book I read as a child it is a book worth reading. The book I hope it is is about a man building his home in the base of a Giant Sequoia tree. It was a beautifully written book that has remained in my memory for over forty years.