this short chapter book has a friendly, approachable design for new readers.
Denton’s lively watercolor and ink illustrations are filled with movement, and the characters’ exuberance bursts off the page. The cozy words and pictures have an old-fashioned sensibility. The summer we found the baby by Hest, Amy, Format: Print Book 2020: Availability: Available at 12 Libraries 12 of 12 copies. author:Amy Hest On the morning of the dedication of the new children’s library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. In four short stories, the two work their way through small conflicts in satisfying ways. A real, live baby girl and I saw her first. Genuine-sounding rapport articulates the kindness at the heart of any partnership, while MacDonald Denton’s pale watercolor and ink illustrations add a layer of liveliness via expressively wrought figures together, the duo embodies the way a best bud can both challenge and inspire.īilly, a goat, and Rose, a pig, are friends who live on neighboring farms. 1:19 'The Summer We Found the Baby' Author: Amy Hest Candlewick Press, 181 pages, 16.99, ages 10 and up. Gentle words and calming illustrations subtly provide strong examples of conflict resolution.Īcross four likable Frog and Toad–style stories, Hest celebrates the camaraderie of barnyard pals Billy and Rose. New Books The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest by jewishbooks JBuy this book at Amazon or for Kindle Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view. Told in three distinct voices, each with a different take on events, the novel captures the moments and emotions of a life-changing summer - a summer in which a baby gives a family hope and brings a community together.The stories quietly model ways of dealing with disagreement.
Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest. But when Bruno spies Julie, the same Julie who hasn't spoken to him for sixteen days, heading away from the library with a baby in her arms, he has to follow her.
He is on an important errand for his brother, who is a soldier overseas in World War II. At the same time, twelve-year-old Bruno Ben-Eli is on his way to the train station to catch the 9:15 train into New York City. On the morning of the dedication of the new children's library in Belle Beach, Long Island, eleven-year-old Julie Sweet and her six-year-old sister, Martha, find a baby in a basket on the library steps. Of course, the truth is much more complicated than the children know in this heartwarming and beautifully textured family story by award-winning author Amy Hest.
Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view.
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