Benjamin's Barn - Hardcover

Lindbergh, Reeve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0241129842 ISBN 13: 9780241129845

Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London, 1990

Synopsis

First edition hardcover with printed boards, no dust jacket in an unread condition. LW

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-- One rainy spring day, a small boy named Benjamin sets off for his big red barn, where he spends hours with the flesh-and-blood animals of the farm and the exotic creatures of his imagination. Thus, an elephant and a newborn lamb share shelter from the storm, while a rhinoceros and a billy goat cavort in the hay. When sunlight breaks through the clouds and Benjamin's father comes to take him home, all that is left along with the barnyard animals is a princess' golden crown. The rhyming text has a comforting circular flow, well-suited to Benjamin's flight of fancy and subsequent return to reality. Jeffers' lifelike illustrations enhance the theme, lending as much reality to the leathery texture of a pterodactyl's wing as to the downy softness of goose feathers. Literal-minded children may question the undifferentiated juxtapostion of the fantastic with the real, but most will understand an imagination as big and wide as a barn, with room enough for pachyderms and pirates as well as pigeons. --Anna DeWind, Milwaukee Public Library
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

Rhyming text and realistic paintings describe a boy's imaginative journey through his barn. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0241129842
• ISBN 13: 9780241129845
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24