For Katie, nothing compares to Thanksgiving at Grandma's. There are the aunts and uncles, whom Katie loves to see each year. But a cherished object is broken at dinner, and Katie blames herself for spoiling the day.
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Grade 1-3-A sweet, simple story with a heartwarming message. When Katie visits Grandma for Thanksgiving, she accidentally breaks her cherished gravy boat. As Katie bursts out crying, her grandmother quickly whisks her away to the guest room where she keeps her "memory cupboard," a special place full of beloved things that have become worn out or broken through the years. Each item has a story, and Grandma's loving reassurance comforts the child and allows her to see that things may get broken, but granddaughters are forever. Realistic acrylic illustrations depict a loving family happy to be gathering at Grandma's. A pleasant addition to holiday collections.
Teri Markson, Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School, Los Angeles
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Teri Markson, Stephen S. Wise Temple Elementary School, Los Angeles
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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PreS-Gr. 2. In an upbeat family story, Katie travels east with Mom and Dad by train to spend Thanksgiving with her extended family in Grandma's Westport home, the big white house where Mom grew up. Katie is an only child, so she is at center stage among all the smiling relatives. Then she accidentally drops a precious antique gravy boat, and she's overcome with shame until Grandma shows her the memory cupboard full of old toys, teapots, dolls, and clocks, each one broken, each one with a story to tell. Of course, the family's total bliss isn't realistic; there's not an irritable word or tense face anywhere in the story. What's more, Katie looks older than the picture-book target audience for this. Even so, many younger kids will recognize Katie's happiness at the reunion, her guilt, and her intense bond with her grandparent, which Stahl reflects with extraordinary depth and detail in warm, beautiful acrylic paintings that capture the Norman Rockwell-like domestic idyll and an enduring bond with a grandparent who says, "Things are just things. People are more important." Hazel Rochman
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Ohhhhh so wonderful!,
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This review is from: The Memory Cupboard: A Thanksgiving Story (Hardcover)
"Sometimes, no matter how careful we are, things we're fond of get broken. But things are just things. People are more important." What a fabulous message wrapped up in a book that is rich with family values, togetherness, tradition and love. This book is simply wonderful in every way. The illustrations are beautifully done, with expressive faces and nostalgic settings. This book teaches the importance of placing value in people, not things.
DeeDee Fox, author and illustrator, The Ruby Red Slippers
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Sweet and Endearing,
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This review is from: The Memory Cupboard: A Thanksgiving Story (Hardcover)
Perfect for anyone struggling with that difficult, clumsy stage between childhood and adolescence. Beautifully illustrated and delicately didactic, a gentle grandmother assures her granddaughter that we all make mistakes. If you like Elizabeth Koda-Callan's "Magic Charm Books," you will love "The Memory Cupboard." A warm tale any time of the year, but especially poignant during the holiday season, I would recommend for read aloud to elementary age children.
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