Roxaboxen
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140544756 (0140544755)
Publish date: August 1st 1992
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Kids,
Picture Books
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...
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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