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This House, Once by Deborah Freedman (2017, Hardcover)

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This House, Once by Freedman, Deborah [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN-101481442848

ISBN-139781481442848

eBay Product ID (ePID)224024090

Product Key Features

Book TitleThis House, Once

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicArt & Architecture, Animals / Cats, Nature & The Natural World / General (See Also Headings under Animals), General

Publication Year2017

IllustratorFreedman, Deborah, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorDeborah Freedman

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight15.5 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2015-011937

Dewey Edition23

Reviews* "Softly, poetically, an unseen narrator explores a house and what it is made of.... Using pencil (both gray and colored), watercolor, and pastel--all with a supreme delicacy--Freedman builds this house.... The arc emphasizes shelter but also human use of nature, so the feelings of warmth, safety, and coziness hold the faintest tinge of melancholy and loss. Tender, comforting, and complex.", *STARRED REVIEW* "Softly, poetically, an unseen narrator explores a house and what it is made of.... Using pencil (both gray and colored), watercolor, and pastel--all with a supreme delicacy--Freedman builds this house.... The arc emphasizes shelter but also human use of nature, so the feelings of warmth, safety, and coziness hold the faintest tinge of melancholy and loss. Tender, comforting, and complex.", *STARRED REVIEW* "In a story that's more poetic than technical, select pieces of a home are highlighted to emphasize the idea that a house remembers.... Freedman has created a cozy offering to share that will spark curiosity. Conversations centered on questions such as, "How was our house made?," "Where did the various materials come from?," and "What function does it serve?" between a caregiver and child will carry on the ideas presented in this title long after it has been set down. VERDICT: A lovely, ruminative selection, best shared one-on-one or in a small group setting.", Combining lyrical language and cozy mixed-media artwork, Freedman celebrates the elements of the natural world (oak, stones, mud, rocks, and sand) used in the construction of a house.... Dreamy and imaginative., *STARRED REVIEW* "In a story that's more poetic than technical, select pieces of a home are highlighted to emphasize the idea that a house remembers.... Freedman has created a cozy offering to share that will spark curiosity. Conversations centered on questions such as, "How was our house made?," "Where did the various materials come from?," and "What function does it serve?" between a caregiver and child will carry on the ideas presented in this title long after it has been set down. VERDICT: A lovely, ruminative selection, best shared one-on-one or in a small group setting.", * "Freedman ( Shy ) lyrically meditates on the origins of a house.... "What were these all, once?" Freedman's gentle inquiry is drawn with exquisite precision and quiet dashes of humor, and it will leave children thinking about the way their own houses are an extension of the natural world, with "memories" of the resources used to bring them into existence.", A Spring 2017 Kids' Indie Next List pick: "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers", A Spring 2017 Kids' Indie Next List pick: "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers" , *STARRED REVIEW* "Freedman ( Shy ) lyrically meditates on the origins of a house.... "What were these all, once?" Freedman's gentle inquiry is drawn with exquisite precision and quiet dashes of humor, and it will leave children thinking about the way their own houses are an extension of the natural world, with "memories" of the resources used to bring them into existence.", *STARRED REVIEW* "Softly, poetically, an unseen narrator explores a house and what it is made of.... Using pencil (both gray and colored), watercolor, and pastel--all with a supreme delicacy--Freedman builds this house.... The arc emphasizes shelter but also human use of nature, so the feelings of warmth, safety, and coziness hold the faintest tinge of melancholy and loss. Tender, comforting, and complex.", "Deborah Freedman's dreamy "This House, Once"...is not offering us a plan for some future home.... Instead the book is a blueprint for mindfulness and gratitude for the homes in which we already live. With the wooziness that comes from sitting close to a fire, and in a whisper of colors that have the hypnotic allure of bruises, Freedman deconstructs and rebuilds her toasty house...so long as the embers of Freedman's incantation continue to glow, I'm in no rush.", *STARRED REVIEW* "Freedman ( Shy ) lyrically meditates on the origins of a house.... "What were these all, once?" Freedman's gentle inquiry is drawn with exquisite precision and quiet dashes of humor, and it will leave children thinking about the way their own houses are an extension of the natural world, with "memories" of the resources used to bring them into existence."

Grade FromPreschool

Dewey Decimal[E]

Grade ToThird Grade

Synopsis"Tender, comforting, and complex." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Drawn with exquisite precision and quiet dashes of humor." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A lovely, ruminative selection." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "A blueprint for mindfulness and gratitude for the homes in which we...live." -- The New York Times Book Review Deborah Freedman's masterful new picture book is at once an introduction to the pieces of a house, a cozy story to share and explore, and a dreamy meditation on the magic of our homes and our world. Before there was this house, there were stones, and mud, and a colossal oak tree-- three hugs around and as high as the blue. What was your home, once? This poetically simple, thought-provoking, and gorgeously illustrated book invites readers to think about where things come from and what nature provides.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.F87276Th 2017