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Available
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Publication
Aladdin Books (Macmillan Publishing Company)
Pages
32
Description
A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there.
Description
"I live at 165 East 95th Street, and I'm going to stay here forever," says the young hero firmly. After all, out West nobody plays baseball because they're too busy chasing buffaloes, and you have to ride a horse to school even if you don't know how, and you can't sit down because of the cactus. But his parents are moving West, and they say he has to go, too. Once there, however, the boy doesn't meet the Gila monsters he expected. And on the ride to his new home (by taxi, not horse) he discovers the West is neither as different nor as bad as he'd imagined.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Byron Barton share a keen sense of the ridiculous and a compassionate understanding of a child's anxieties. Together they have created a perceptive, exuberantly funny picture book that will have children in all parts of the country laughing away their own fears about new experiences.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Byron Barton share a keen sense of the ridiculous and a compassionate understanding of a child's anxieties. Together they have created a perceptive, exuberantly funny picture book that will have children in all parts of the country laughing away their own fears about new experiences.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 9 x 6.8 inches
ISBN
0689713835 / 9780689713835
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User reviews
LibraryThing member kidlit9
A New York City boy's preconceived ideas of life in the West make him very apprehensive about the family's move there.
LibraryThing member ermilligan
This book is based on a young boy that is forced from his home to move to a place out west with many preconceived ideas about what his new life will be like. He met a boy in the airport who was moving to the east with the same feelings. He soon found out that he was wrong and grows to love his new
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home. This would be a good lesson for the students that you can't believe everything you hear; rumors. Show Less
LibraryThing member mariah21
This book describes the anxiety a little kid has as he is faced with a big move across the country. He stereotypes how his new life is going to be, and realizes when he meets another kid how ridiculous it is to assume how a place is going to be. It teaches to be open minded and it has funny
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stereotpes about the east and west coasts! Show Less
LibraryThing member cabaty
Moving can be scary! Especially when you have a lot of wrong ideas about a place! For anyone who has or will move to a new place, you should read this book first. It's terribly easy to make assumptions, but you might end up being way off base. Fear can make anyone believe some pretty silly things.
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Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1984)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades K-3 — 1983)
Reading Rainbow Program Selection (Selection — 08 — 1983)
Call number
J2I.705