Pub Date: August 1, 2003
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2003045290
Lexile Code: 0830
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.68" H x 7.60" L x 6.38" W ( 0.56 lbs) 288 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Classics | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Girls and Women | Lifestyles | City and Town Life | Readers | Chapter Books | Country Life | Strangers | African American and Black | General | Values and Virtues | Intermediate | Performing Arts | Music | Historical | United States 20th Century | Family | Multigenerational
Series: Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic
Description: Now back in print--Estes's classic story of a little girl in Brooklyn whose eyes are always open to the beauty of the world that surrounds her. Illustrations.
Brief description:
Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children's librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats--Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat--were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.
Review Quotes:
"Imaginative, whimsical, fresh, this is a story not to be missed."--Chicago Tribune
"Lively and amusing."--The New York Times Book Review
"Told with typical Estes spirit and humor: [this] is, as well, a good mystery."--Book Week