"Norman Beistift tells about experiences growing out of working for Steve Nichelson, owner of Hoboken's popular (and only) eatery The Magic Moscow, specializing in soft ice cream. Steve's heroes are Sergeant Schwartz of the Yukon and his faithful malamute, Hercules . . . Through hysterical developments, Edward (Steve's dog) wins the prize at a dog show, then disappears. The presumed theft brings . . . the dizziest ending yet devised by bumptious Pinkwater. . . ".--Publishers Weekly.
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Daniel Pinkwater lives with his wife, the illustrator and novelist Jill Pinkwater, and several dogs and cats in a very old farmhouse in New York's Hudson River Valley.
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A fave childhood read,
By Zagnorch (Terra, Sol System) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Magic Moscow (Hardcover)
I recall picking this up at the elementary school library back in the day. It was a nice, brief, cutesy little tome that I became quite attached to. It involves the owner of an ice cream parlor in Hoboken, N.J., and the somewhat sickly-looking Alaskan malamute he buys from a local kennel. Included in the mix is a local dog show that goes horribly wrong, and our protagonist meeting his idol! Plenty of silly situations and amusingly strange moments abound in this neat little tale. I gave `The Magic Moscow' a read at least a couple times a year up until the end of fourth-grade, when I started considering it a bit too simple for my maturing reading tastes. Due to the cut-off point I personally experienced, I recommend this for children in the second-through-fourth-grade range. Although listed at 57 pages, only about 40 pages of it is text, the rest simple cartoonish illustrations. If your child has pretty good reading comp, he/she will likely go through this within an hour. More than likely, a very entertaining hour at that! `Late
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