Rose and Sebastian - Hardcover

Zarin, Cynthia

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039575920X ISBN 13: 9780395759202

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1997

Synopsis

Rose is frightened by the strange noises emanating from the apartment upstairs, until she and her mother pay a visit to the noisy young boy who lives there.

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From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K. Preschooler Rose lives in New York City and is not afraid of all the street noises. But she is concerned about the unattributed sounds coming from the apartment above, all made by Sebastian. Who or what is Sebastian? Finally, she asks to see Sebastian, and she and her mother go upstairs where the boy obligingly yells, races down the hall, sticks his tongue out at a mirror, and bounces a basketball. Satisfied, and with a potential new older friend, Rose returns to her own apartment and shouts goodnight to Sebastian who, up above, is surprised. Well-designed illustrations, some framed in cheerful doodles, feature primitive line drawings often rendered in childlike simplicity. Small children will notice the illogical and pictorially unexplained but ever-present turtle and wonder if it is real or stuffed. The use of light-colored pastel gouache further softens this story of facing what bothers you. A nice supplement to the preschool read-aloud shelf on overcoming fears.?Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
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From Kirkus Reviews:

A tale of two kids in the city shows Rose conquering her fears and making a new friend. Of all the noises New York City can produce, the ones that frighten Rose (who looks about four) are those she hears over her head, made by her upstairs neighbor. Even though her mother tells her ``it's just Sebastian,'' Rose asks to meet the boy, and a mother-summit results in a tea party where the riled-up boy demonstrates his lung power up close. ``ARRGH ARRGH ARRGH,'' he likes to scream. Rose laughs and they show each other their toys; that night in bed, Rose shakes up Sebastian with some screeching of her own. According to the illustration, Sebastian takes this surprise in stride. Accomplished, stylized drawings help put the lighthearted story across, and Zarin offers not only a glimpse of apartment life, but establishes Rose as a captivating heroine who wants to overcome her fears, and does. (Picture book. 4-8) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 039575920X
• ISBN 13: 9780395759202
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Durham Sarah C.