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Bezig met laden... Janneke en Robbie (1943)door Eleanor Estes
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. A collection of largely unrelated short stories about Rufus, the youngest in the Moffat family. He lives with his mother, and three older siblings in Cranbury, Massachusetts. In each story, Rufus ponders and obsesses over some little thing that young children do ponder and obsess over. When a neighbor buys a player piano (which Rufus has never heard of) he believes there is an invisible man in the woman's house playing the piano. When he sees eyes reflecting light in a dark uninstalled water pipeline, he believes it is a wolf, and sets out plans to catch it and tame it. He finds some money frozen under ice on the sidewalk, and is determined to get it out of the ice and buy supper for his family with the money. The stories are all about small things - because small things are big to small children. A charming, refreshing little book that has aged well. A library school professor read a chapter of this book to our class to explain how NOT to be a children's librarian, and I remembered how much I had enjoyed Eleanor Estes' "Ginger Pye" as a child. Picking up this charming little book, I found a number of short chapters describing the everyday life of a young boy growing up in New England. Estes' books are wonderful for reading aloud, and I wish more libraries kept them around. Rufus is a young 7 year old boy that is the youngest in the Moffat family. They live on a unique street and in the begging there is a war going on and the class tries to help. There are lots of problems in Rufus's life and he is fun to read about. Rufus Moffat needs to figure out how to deal with his own problems too. I like this book because I like reading about little kids and their life. It was not my favorite because I like mysteries better and tense books. I hope you will like it too. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)De Moffats (3) Prijzen
The adventures of seven-year-old Rufus Moffat, living with his widowed mother and older siblings including his encounter with an invisible piano player and his attempts at ventroliquism. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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When he wants to check out library books, Rufus teaches himself to write...even though he doesn't yet know how to read. When food is scarce, he plants some special "Rufus beans" that actually grow...despite his digging them up every day to check on them. And Rufus has friends that other people don't even know exist! He discovers the only invisible piano player in town, has his own personal flying horse for a day, and tours town with the Cardboard Boy, his dearest friend - and enemy.
Rufus isn't just the youngest Moffat, he's also the cleverest, the funniest, and the most unforgettable.