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A girl imagines the general store she will own someday and all the things for sale in it, from bolts of calico to bunches of bananas.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2 Laroche's book, like Nancy Winslow Parker's version (Greenwillow, 1988) of this classic poem, includes the poem's complete original text, but the artistic interpretations are quite different. Laroche uses a collage cut-and-paste style to emphasize the clutter and almost overwhelming offerings of a general store. Several double-page spread illustrations further add to the sense of unlimited supply in limited space. The dark blues, greens, and browns accurately portray the decor of that era. Parker's work emphasizes the child's perspective, which is the poem's intention. She uses bright crayon drawings to create the young girl's dream store. Individual objects are featured in full-page illustrations. Laroche's version is probably a more realistic portrayal of the general store as it existed. Overall, Laroche's illustrations are a clever recreation of of a time and place, but Parker's version has much greater appeal for children. Heide Piehler, Shorewood Public Library, Wis.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Laroche, who created brilliant paper collages for Lois Lenski's Sing a Song of People , now brings the same confetti-bright image-making to Field's lyrical wish list of a child's dreams of a general store (a story also illustrated recently by Nancy Winslow Parker). Two friends visit the girl-owner of the store, preparing a basket for a picnic; as the three of them gather fixings from the various parts of the store, all of its nooks and crannies are revealed: shelves of canned and boxed goods, a refrigerator full of dairy products, bins of miscellany, a glass showcase of baked goods. Laroche's papercut figures are at home in this textured world, and the pages can be pored over frequently and still offer up new surprises in composition and contrast. Ages 4-8.
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- PublisherLittle Brown & Co
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0316281638
- ISBN 13 9780316281638
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorLaroche Giles
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