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Hey, Al is an engaging book about a janitor and a dog who live together but always seem to argue. A large bird offers to take them to an island for a new life, but they soon realize life is not always greener on the other side. As an extension to this book, I would get students to write about a time...
AL, a janitor, and Eddie, his sidekick pup live in a single room apartment on the West Side. They do everything together, but what is the problem? Their apartment is way too small and crowded. A mysterious bird offers them a new life in an island in the sky, but what they come to find out is that so...
And then there was The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring which focused almost entirely on Rose Rita and Mrs. Zimmerman's adventures over the summer while Lewis was at Boy Scout Camp. (So why then is this often referred to as The Lewis Barnavelt Series?) Rose Rita is a full-fledged tomboy and is dissat...
Genre: Birds / Better Life / Friends Year Published: 1986 Year Read: 2014 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux After reading many Caldecott Medal award winning books, I stumbled upon this rare gem called “Hey, Al” which won a Caldecott Medal and was written by Arthur Yorinks along wi...
Nice story, but it might be too confusing of an ending. I know I was slightly confused about how it ended and what would happen next. It has wonderful art throughout though.
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