One Morning in Maine (Picture Puffin)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823
EAN: 9780140501742
ISBN: 0140501746
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 62
Publication Date: September 30, 1976
Publisher: Puffin
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Puffin

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
"As we follow the story of Sal and his lost tooth we feel as refreshed as though we had spent a day with his family on their island."--Saturday Review. Caldecott Honor Book. Full-color illustrations.




Rating: - Love this book
This is one of my childhood favorites; I had this book growing up but lost it somewhere and when I found it here I bought it.

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Rating: - Vintage Vignette

This is a book from another time.

Here's a summary of the action: Sal wakes up. While brushing her teeth she notices that one is loose. She tells her mother. She makes a wish. She goes to tell her father who is digging clams. On the way she sees a fish hawk, a loon and a seal. She tells her father. She drops the tooth in the mud and loses it. She picks up a seagull feather. Sal, her father and her sister go into town. Her father cannot start the motor on the motor boat so he rows ... Read More

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Rating: - One Morning in Maine
My 8 year old thought it was old and boring but he did seem interested in a few parts of the story. Probably a little outdated for kids these days but I loved it. It was the kind of story I would read when I was little, but I am going on 50.

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Rating: - Good book for the older crowd
This is a very long, very wordy book. It's not suitable for last minute bedtimes, nor for toddlers.

It's very suitable for kids in the older end of the 4-8 range, or littler kids with a good attention span, though.

Not much happens in the story - girl loses a tooth, gets her wish of ice cream, has clam chowder for lunch - which is just the way real life works. It's so well-written that you don't even *notice* that the story moves slowly, you might as well be talking about your ... Read More

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Rating: - Morning magic
To a child, every morning is a new start with infinite possibilities; at least that's how it should be. In this classic 1953 book Robert McCloskey brings a child's simple world to life. McCloskey, better known for his Make Way for Ducklings and Blueberries for Sal, gives us another look at little Sal. The story is timeless and his line drawings bring the children to life.

The simple coastal lifestyle of more than half a century ago may be hard to find today, in part because of the high local ... Read More

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