Stuart Sets Sail (Stuart Little (Prebound))
On a picnic with his family, Stuart decides to take his boat, the Wasp, out for a quick sail to the other side of the lake. But there is a lot more to do on the water than he thought. This I Can Read* book is based on the characters created by E.B. White. Full-color illustrations.
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Susan Hill has written two other stories about Ruby Raccoon: Ruby Bakes a Cake and Ruby Paints a Picture. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and two daughters.
PreSchool-Grade 2-These two beginning readers are based on incidents from the movie Stuart Little, which took its name from the book, but basically that's all. In one story, the little mouse climbs into a vase while hiding from a cat, but then needs the help of the feline to get free. In the second book, Stuart has an adventure with a large fish and a turtle while piloting a toy boat across a park lake. Both are in an accessible, easy-reader format with large type and colorful pictures based on the movie, but they are a poor relation to E. B. White's famous Stuart Little (HarperCollins, 1945). Neither "adventure" is from the original book, so why steal the stars? It is blatant commercialism to take a famous character and a few familiar details (the names of the boat and the cat) and put them in watered-down scenarios. These offerings are a disservice to children's literature and to its readers.
Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherPerfection Learning
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 075690384X
- ISBN 13 9780756903848
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages32
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