Red Wagon - Hardcover

Liwska, Renata

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399252371 ISBN 13: 9780399252372

Publisher: Philomel Books, 2011

Synopsis

All Lucy wants to do is play with her brand-new, bright red wagon. But her mother has other plans for her-and the wagon. Lucy must go to the market and buy vegetables for dinner. Lucy doesn't want to do chores! But she sets off for the market nonetheless, hauling her red wagon with her. Before long, her ordinary trip becomes a high-seas adventure, a ride through outer space, and a day at the circus. As long as she has her red wagon, not even chores can get in the way of Lucy's fun.

New York Times bestseller Renata Liwska's most vibrant art ever takes center stage in this imaginative book for the youngest of readers.

About this title

About the Author:

Renata Liwska lives in Calgary, Canada.

From Booklist:

*Starred Review* The creator of The Quiet Book (2010), a New York Times best-seller, offers a winning story of imaginative play that makes a worthy partner to Crockett Johnsons Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955) and Antoinette Portis Not a Box (2007). Lucy, a fuzzy red fox, cant wait to play with her new red wagon, but she doesnt like her mothers suggestion that she use it to go to the market: That sounded like a chore. Lucy didnt want to do chores. Still, shopping list in paw, Lucy sets out, followed by a small menagerie of adorable animal pals. This title owes its delight to the well-balanced, deadpan disparity between the spare, straightforward text and the increasingly wild scenarios depicted in the digitally colored pencil illustrations. According to the words, the animals climb a hill, weather some rain, load up at the market, regroup after hitting a rock, and return home. The pictures, however, show a different story: along the way, the red wagon transforms from pirate ship to covered wagon to circus caravan to train to rocket ship to truck in detailed scenes children will want to revisit. Preschoolers will recognize the reality-blurring borders of their own made-up worlds; children on the cusp of independent reading will enjoy following the simple, bold-type sentences; and both audiences will hope for future adventures from Lucy and her friends. Preschool-Grade 1. --Gillian Engberg

About this edition

• Publisher: Philomel Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0399252371
• ISBN 13: 9780399252372
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Liwska Renata