I can’t remember the last time I went to the zoo. When we were kids we used to go all the time. All of us would pile into my dad’s red station wagon and head off to the zoo; by the end of the day we would all be tired and smelly from having spent [...]
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By: Thao,
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Written and Illustrated by Jeff Newman
One man sits with his hands crossed, another holds a book in his lap, and one particularly gruff-looking one, tosses bread crumbs to pigeons.
By: David Elzey,
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By: Thao,
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Simon & Schuster, 2010
$15.99, ages 4-8, 40 pages
A new boy in town longs to join a game of baseball, but is too guarded to ask if he can play until four old guys coax him out of his shell.
Wordless except for days of the week announced every few pages, this hilarious story is about wanting to fit in, but not knowing how.
As the story begins, it's Tuesday and the little boy in a red cap has just moved into his house and is eager to find a game of baseball.
He's got his glove, bat, even a ball. Now he just needs a field of kids.
He's got his glove, bat, even a ball. Now he just needs a field of kids.
But when he gets to the neighborhood park and sees a game underway, he freezes up, feeling too self-conscious to ask if he can join in.
With his cap low over his face and his bat dragging behind, the boy slumps off to a park bench, where four old guys are whiling away the day.
One man sits with his hands crossed, another holds a book in his lap, and one particularly gruff-looking one, tosses bread crumbs to pigeons.
Though not a "hello" is spoken, the boy returns to the bench the next day.
He's now donned regular clothes and he carries a loaf of bread for the pigeons.
The old guys look stumped as the steal sidelong glances at him. One points at the boy nonchalantly, another shrugs his shoulders and the grumpy one grimaces.
On Thursday, the boy is back again, but now his hair is slicked back with pomade, and he's wearing plaid pink pants and a red bow tie.
But the old guys aren't so happy with what they see.
Two of them exchange uneasy glances. One in big black glasses just stares and the grumpy one gives the boy a scowl, as he rests his head heavily in his hands.
When Friday comes along, the boy is back, this time hobbling in with a cane and with wire glasses low on his nose. On his head is a big brown derby hat.
By: David Elzey,
on 3/26/2010
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by Jeff Newman Simon and Schuster 2010 A Mid-Century Modern picture book valentine to the nature of boys at play, both young and old. On Monday the new kid moves to town. On Tuesday he sets out to the park with his bat and ball to mingle with the kids of his new neighborhood but can't bring himself to join in. He shuffles over to a park bench full of a quartet of old men who don't quite
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