What Alvin Wanted - Hardcover

Keller, Holly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688089348 ISBN 13: 9780688089344

Publisher: Greenwillow, 1990

Synopsis

Although baby-sitters Sam and Libby try to console their little brother, Alvin, none of their good efforts work because what he really wants is a good-bye kiss from his mother

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-- A warm, wonderfully illustrated tale that goes straight to the heart of one of preschoolers' most important concerns. Alvin is a young mouse who is left with his older brother and sister while their mother goes out. Mother hurries off, and Alvin starts to cry almost immediately. Libby and Sam try everything to find out what's wrong, but with the true tenacity of a three year old, Alvin will not be consoled. " Nobody knows what I want," he yells to Grandma on the phone. But when Mama returns, she knows immediately what he wants, and at last he gets his goodbye kiss. Young listeners will sympathize with Alvin's sadness and identify with and delight in his ways of dealing with it. Keller's bright and simply drawn illustrations are sure to draw youngsters into Alvin's plight. A perfect choice for preschool story hour and for lap-time sharing. --Jane Marino, White Plains Public Library, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwillow
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0688089348
• ISBN 13: 9780688089344
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32