The Summer of Stanley - Hardcover

Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie

4.06

17 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525651772 ISBN 13: 9780525651772

Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers, 1997

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When her grandfather gives her a goat named Stanley for her ninth birthday in 1945, Molly is disappointed, especially when Stanley keeps getting into trouble by climbing on the car, eating Mama's Victory Garden, and doing other mischievous acts.

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From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3. Mother objects when Grandpa gives his goat Stanley to Molly for her ninth birthday, but six-year-old Tyler loves the animal. Stanley eats flowers from the garden, Mama's hat, and the neighbor's new dress from the clothesline. He follows Tyler everywhere, including on a fishing trip to a dangerous, swift-flowing river. When Molly looks for her brother, she sees that he has fallen in. Unable to rescue him, she pushes the goat into the swirling water. He comes ashore with Tyler clinging to his back and instantly wins his welcome as a valued member of the household. Full-page, pastel-colored illustrations, full of sunshine, summer flowers, and warm hues, emphasize the happy outcome of this story told from Molly's point of view. Although the year is 1945 and her father is away fighting in the war, the troubles of the outside world do not intrude on the idyllic scenes of summertime and the family's daily life. Appealing pictures of charming children and a lively goat, and a pleasant, though predictable story, make this a good choice for reading aloud.?Shirley Wilton, Ocean County College, Toms River, NJ
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From Kirkus Reviews:

Kinsey-Warnock (Sweet Memories Still, 1997, etc.) sets her story in 1945 when Molly's father is off fighting in the war and she, her mother, brother Tyler, and grandfather keep the home fires burning and the Victory Garden growing. Grandpa gives Molly an unwelcome pet for her birthday--a goat whom, predictably, only Tyler loves. Molly had wanted a bicycle like her best friend Annie's, not a noisy eating machine. Stanley proves his worth one day when Molly is in charge of Tyler, who decides to go swimming against Molly's orders. Annie and Molly are shocked to discover Tyler in very deep water and in danger of drowning, until Molly sends Stanley to the rescue. The goat saves the boy but injures himself in the swift current. The real star of this competent but predictable book is Gates's marvelously detailed and luminous art; it hardly evokes 1945, but does bring to glowing, bucolic life a gentler--though war-torn--time. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright �1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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