Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Atheneum Books for Young Readers (First Edition)
Pages
40
Description
A father reflects on how the future depends upon the all of the little things in his son's world, from his yellow drinking cup to a big cardboard box.
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
40 p.; 8.25 x 7.8 inches
ISBN
141695872X / 9781416958727
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LibraryThing member delzey
This Father's Day, when a Hallmark just won't cut it but $20 seems like too much to spend, why not give this little gem?
Generously borrowing from William Carlos William's poem "The Red Wheelbarrow," each of the rhymed sections in this picture book begins with the phrase "Little Boy, so much depends
This is the father-and-son companion to Someday, the book about the mother-daughter bond that reads like a snake eating its own tail. With both books I can't imagine what sort of child they are intended for. Grown children? Adults with children who want an American Greeting Card memory of a time that never really existed except in a post-martini haze? Seriously, with Little Boy I can see maybe half a reading of this before the little boy being read to wants to go find a cardboard box of his own to play with rather than finish this non-story.
Beyond that, the book is a keepsake, a contemporary Norman Rockwell portrait of boyhood. Grandparents will love it, so might some parents, but it's not for children.
Generously borrowing from William Carlos William's poem "The Red Wheelbarrow," each of the rhymed sections in this picture book begins with the phrase "Little Boy, so much depends
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on..." to inventory the innocent mischief, imaginative play, and rituals of what it means to be a boy. All that and a big cardboard box. Reynolds illustrations are as precious as McGhee's cadences are measured, which is to say they are calculated with great care.This is the father-and-son companion to Someday, the book about the mother-daughter bond that reads like a snake eating its own tail. With both books I can't imagine what sort of child they are intended for. Grown children? Adults with children who want an American Greeting Card memory of a time that never really existed except in a post-martini haze? Seriously, with Little Boy I can see maybe half a reading of this before the little boy being read to wants to go find a cardboard box of his own to play with rather than finish this non-story.
Beyond that, the book is a keepsake, a contemporary Norman Rockwell portrait of boyhood. Grandparents will love it, so might some parents, but it's not for children.
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LibraryThing member litlb00k
Cute but definately an adult perspective. I can see a parent loving this and a child not really caring.
LibraryThing member GeniAus.
This sweet little book has been mismarketed as a children's picture book. Although it has nice illustrations and is physically attractive the text is not suitable for a read aloud or to be read as a story by beginning readers. The book is a sentimental collection of things that little boys do. I
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would not buy it for a child but as a gift for a new mother who has just had a son or as a gift from a mother to a son on a special occasion. Show Less
LibraryThing member hoosgracie
Everything that a little boy is - his dog, his toys, his imagination, and most of all...his big cardboard box.
LibraryThing member LisaMarie214
This book is about a little boy playing. It reminds adults that little moments are beautiful and sometimes the best.
LibraryThing member JaniceBrody
A little boy being a boy and finding the possibility of things that he sees.
LibraryThing member Jessica5858
The book describes various things in this boy's life that he depends on. His cardboard box is mentioned on several pages. Poetic sound.
Ages: 4-8 years
Source: In Class Book Share
Ages: 4-8 years
Source: In Class Book Share
Call number
J2H.108