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Roxaboxen - Alice McLerran, Barbara Cooney
Roxaboxen
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Marian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill -- nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo -- but it was a special place: a sparkling world of jeweled homes, streets... show more
Marian called it Roxaboxen. (She always knew the name of everything.) There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill -- nothing but sand and rocks, some old wooden boxes, cactus and greasewood and thorny ocotillo -- but it was a special place: a sparkling world of jeweled homes, streets edged with the whitest stones, and two ice cream shops. Come with us there, where all you need to gallop fast and free is a long stick and a soaring imagination.In glowing desert hues, artist Barbara Cooney has caught the magic of Alice McLerran's treasured land of Roxaboxen -- a place that really was, and, once you've been there, always is.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780060526337 (0060526335)
ASIN: 60526335
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
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Allusion is not Illusion
Allusion is not Illusion rated it
3.0
Don't be misled by my rating, this really is a good book. The illustrations, while not the best I've ever seen from Cooney, are reliably high in quality, and McLerran's prose captures the voice of her elderly relative recounting their childhood games. My failure to enjoy the book more is rooted in m...
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it
5.0
Completely charming celebration of the beauty and power of childhood imagination. What's especially charming about this particular book is that this is based on a true story of a group of children who founded and imaginary city (Roxaboxen) in Yuma, Arizona. Here they played house, raced horses, and...
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