Attorneys of Maine

One Morning in Maine (Picture Puffins)

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.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-06-13
Summary: "A girl finds her way in Maine"

"One Morning in Maine" is the sweet story of a girl with a loose tooth and her morning adventures in a coastal town in Maine. She wants to share the news of her loose tooth with everyone - the loon on the lake, the hawk in his next, and the seal at the water's edge.

She realizes she is becoming a big girl with this loose tooth, but most of all, she has lots of questions about animals with teeth. Something happens to the tooth, but she acts brave, especially now that she knows losing a tooth is a sign of being a big girl.

When she helps her sister, accompanies her father, and chats with the men in town, she is sure of her grown up status and even consoles her sister at the end with the idea of clam chowder for lunch.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-05-22
Summary: "A Perfect Book"

My 4 year old son really loves this book, and truly I do too. It's long and so sometimes when he picks it off the shelf for me to read to him I think "oh boy" but I am never sorry that we read it. It's graceful, simple, beautiful. The story is simple and yet it feels meaningful. And it evokes the Maine coast like many of McCloskey's books in such real terms that you can almost taste the salt water. Highly recommended.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-04-03
Summary: "Wonderful story!"

This is one of my three year old son's favorite stories and I love it too! This story is not action packed but instead takes a stroll through a little girls morning.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-05-21
Summary: "A Time of Innocence and Wonder"

This book, along with Robert McCloskey's other books, were some of my childhood favorites. This one is a companion piece for Blueberries for Sal. It is a book filled with the wonder and innocence of childhood. It is also beautifully illustrated.

It paints a lovely picture of the beautiful state of Maine. It also paints a picture of a simpler time when worries seemed far away. Sal is the quintessential girl who is going through the rite of passage through childhood. There is a delightful scene when she loses one of her teeth while mucking for clams.

This book can be easily read by young children, though I loved it when my mother read it to me before I could read. I have such a warm memory of those days when my mom was such a nurturing presence in my life. Perhaps you will be able to create such a memory for your own child.

Davis Aujourd'hui, author of the humorous "The Misadventures of Sister Mary Olga Fortitude"

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2008-11-09
Summary: "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.