Adèle & Simon in America / Barbara McClintock.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN: - 0374399247
- 9780374399245
- Adèle and Simon in America
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Family & Pets | McClintock, Barbara | Available | 33111005008699 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Adèle and her younger brother, Simon, have just arrived in New York City to visit their Aunt Cécile and prepare for a grand train trip around America. " Please try not to lose anything on our trip," Adèle tells her brother with a sigh. But how can Simon remember to keep an eye on his belongings when there are so many wonderful distractions and astounding sights to take in? The endearing team from
Adèle & Simon returns in a crosscontinental adventure that reflects the vitality of early twentieth-century America, from the Boston Public Garden to San Francisco's Chinatown. Stunning pen-and-ink-andwatercolor illustrations are filled with innumerable hidden treasures, and endpapers featuring a period map of America extend the fun.
Adèle & Simon in America is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
"Frances Foster books."
When Adèle and Simon visit their Aunt Cécile in New York City, she takes them on a train trip around the United States, but from Boston to San Francisco to Washington, D.C., Simon keeps losing his belongings, despite his sister's reminders. Includes facts about the places they visit.