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The Secret Remedy Book A Story of Comfort and Love paperback
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- 9780439352260
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Scholastic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0439352266
ISBN-13
9780439352260
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2415229
Product Key Features
Book Title
Secret Remedy Book : a Story of Comfort and Love
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2003
Topic
General, Social Themes / Friendship
Illustrator
Halperin, Wendy Anderson, Yes
Genre
Juvenile Fiction
Book Series
My Great-Great-Grandmother's Secret Remedy Book Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
13.6 Oz
Item Length
11.2 in
Item Width
8.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
2002-035475
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
Kirkus Reviews June 15th, 2003 Halperin's great gift is to make expressive and exquisitely detailed pictures: large ones to cover the page; and smaller related vignettes, often in a row along the sides or top or bottom like an ancient altarpiece. She does this to excellent effect in Cates's gentle story of Lolly, who at last gets to spend month with Auntie Zep but finds she misses her parents terribly. Auntie Zep takes her to the attic to retrieve from an old trunk the Secret Remedy Book, bound in flowered wallpaper and written in a spidery Halperin hand. There are seven remedies that must be done before the first hoot of an owl. Lolly and Aunt Zep savor a glass of apple juice, until they can almost taste the very tree it came from. Other remedies include planting, observing, and reading that very special passage in a favorite book. By bedtime and the owl's hoot, they have done all seven, including the last, which is "Dream of doing great things. You must think of one small, great thing you can do tomorrow." Solace, ritual, simplicity, tenderness, and care for the natural world are offered on each page as naturally as breathing, and the pale radiance of Halperin's illustrations bring comfort and joy. Booklist June 15th, 2003 Lolly loves visiting Auntie Zep, but this time, she's homesick. Auntie Zep thinks Lolly's tears can be cured by her Secret Remedy book. Lolly drinks apple juice, almost tasting the blossoms; she and her aunt plant seeds and notice something they've never seen before on a walk; they feed a wild thing, read, write a letter, and dream of great things as the remedies work. Halperin's art has a way of making a book special, no matter who the book's author is. That's true here, though Cates' sweet sentiments (and useful ideas) will certainly appeal to children. The marvelously detailed pictures are layered with details that extend the text. For instance, the trunk containing the book has &&a watery smell like the ocean and a sun-dried smell." The border art shows such events as the trunk on a wagon, a ship, a sleigh, and a plane, as it tells a story within the story. A delightfully hands-on approach to chasing away the blues. -Ilene Cooper Publishers Weekly (May 5, 2003; 0-439-35226-6) The best remedy for homesickness? Small acts of kindness, reflection and being in the moment, Cates (A Far-Fetched Story) gently asserts. When young Lolly finds herself unexpectedly missing her family during a much-anticipated visit to her bohemian Auntie Zep, her aunt takes her up to the attic to a trunk that "had once traveled far." An overview spread depicts its contents, from which Auntie Zep takes the well-worn Secret Remedy Book. Together, Lolly and her aunt undertake its seven tasks, which must be completed "before the first hoot of an owl-or none of them will work!" Both the leisurely pace of the text and the series of paintings that follow a walk through the woods ("You must see something that you have never noticed before") or undertaking to "Write a cheerful letter to some dear soul" ("You must put something unexpected in the envelope," the remedy continues) reflect a faith that all will be completed in a timely way, without rushing. Halperin's (Homeplace) characteristic patchwork of pictures rendered in soft, bleached hues work to great effect here. On one spread, she depicts aunt and niece writing their letters in their own rooms as the main action; in corresponding side panels, Lolly encloses a mockingbird feather in a note to her father while the aunt tucks a heart-shaped leaf into a letter to Lolly's mother; an inset illustration shows them going to the mailbox together. Halperin's paintings simulate lovingly stitched quilts that nicely echo the Remedy Book's handcrafted, heirloom appearance. Ages 5-up. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Grade From
Preschool
Dewey Decimal
[E]
Grade To
Third Grade
Synopsis
Lolly loves to visit her Auntie Zep. But when her mother and father leave her alone with Auntie Zep for a whole month, a great sadness develops in Lolly and she can't make it go away. So Auntie Zep finds the perfect remedy for Lolly's sadness, the Great-Great-Grandmother's Secret Remedy Book. The book contains seven different remedies for Zep and Lolly to share. Together they slowly drink fresh apple juice, plant a seed, feed a wild thing, read poetry, and much more., "Halperin's great gift is to make expressive and exquisitely detailed pictures...She does this to excellent effect in Cates's gentle story of Lolly, who at last gets to spend a month with Auntie Zep but finds she misses her parents terribly. Auntie Zep takes her to the attic to retrieve from an old trunk the Secret Remedy Book...Solace, ritual, simplicity, tenderness, and care for the natural world are offered on each page as naturally as breathing, and the pale radiance of Halperin's illustrations bring comfort and joy." - Kirkus Reviews
LC Classification Number
PZ7.C268797Se 2003
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