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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another masterpiece by Doris Burn ....,
By Sharon (kaltwass@mail.ameritel.net) (Maryland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Summerfolk. (Library Binding)
While spending Mother's Day in the emergency room with my oldest (he cut his leg, 15 stitches), my husband went to find some books for him to read (9 years old) while we waited for the doctor. He returned with a handful of books, Andrew Henry's Meadow among them. We fell in love with this book around page five. My husband wrote down the pertinent information so we could try to find it later for keeps. A few days later, while visiting our local marine museum's childrens room, I decided to straighten up the books and came upon The Summerfolk, also by Doris Burn. I immediately sat down and called my children to my side and read it aloud to them. Once again, love at first read! What a wonderful, wonderful book! Sure to inspire the imaginations of children (and adults!)... my youngest is already planning how to build some of the things he saw in the book (he's only 6)! Definately a keeper!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Got it at the Goodwill store,
By bookfox "reader too" (N.C.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Summerfolk. (Library Binding)
For 50 cents, a treasure of a book. Found it among all the other castoffs at the Goodwill. Had never heard of it. Why isn't this book a Caldecott winner or something? The pictures and the words are luscious. The characters have names like Fedderly and Twyla Loo, and they swing on vines, float through a swamp on rickety homemade boats, and eat tarts and pigs' feet. The book is about the brief nature of childhood; the long, lazy days of summer; imagination; and playing (and I don't mean playing with the PS2). The Summerfolk is set on June 21, the solstice, the longest day of the year. I read it to my 6-year-old on that day as a kind of acknowledgement of summer. He likes the book too.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inspiration for Creativity,
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This review is from: The Summerfolk. (Library Binding)
In an age of ready made entertainment where children are taught to be couch potatoes, here is a book that will inspire them to new heights of creative (and active) play. The children in this book have taken what materials were at hand and created a magical world of their own making in which to spend the long summer days. My own children loved the book.
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