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The Great Blue House by Kate Banks6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons. This gentle book visits a spacious, robins eggblue house where childrens 'voices rise into the air like a dandelion puff' in the summertime. Then - along with kittens and fledglings and a new baby - ' Summer has returned to the great blue house.' Enjoy this lovely tale of the passing of seasons, the beauty of nature, and the joy of all the living creatures that surround us. The house shelters all of them through winter. and when night falls, he has seen with his own eyes that the world is a big and varied place. As Fall arrives, a mouse finishes crumbs, a spider spins a web, a stray cat wanders in ' making mischief.' A bird perches in the rafters. Or is it?' The author shows us critters who live in the house, past the family's summertime there. Their voices rise into the air like dandelion puff.' It's summertime and Kate Banks tells us, ' The children crouch beside a stream chasing frogs. Straus and Giroux, 2005 The Great Blue House, Frances Foster Books, 2005. Georg Hallensleben's lush paintings strike the eye immediately, drawing the reader's interest to The Great Blue House. Kate Banks (born February 13, 1960) is an American childrens writer who lives in France. The Great Blue House by Kate Banks & Georg Hallensleben Publication date 2005 Topics Dwellings - Fiction., Seasons - Fiction. ![]()
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