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Clarion Books, 2007-01-08

Gooseberry Park

Gooseberry Park

Cynthia Rylant, Author

Arthur Howard, Illustrator

Paperback

9780152061593

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A terrible ice storm sends the residents of Gooseberry Park scrambling. Kona, the chocolate Labrador, is determined to find his good friend Stumpy the squirrel, whose babies are all alone.
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Gooseberry Park’s cozy world of devoted animal friends shows the strength of community, loyalty, and courage. Rylant’s gentle humor, imaginative details, and warmhearted characters model selflessness and ingenuity in the face of a storm. A charming tale that encourages young readers to consider how they can help and protect others.

Keywords and Themes: Animals • Community • Courage • Family • Fantasy • Friendship • General • Girls & Women • Hope • Humorous Stories • Ingenuity • Juvenile Fiction • Kindness • Loyalty • New Baby • Problem-Solving • Responsibility • Selflessness • Social Themes • Squirrels

Readability • 4.7

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 144

Subjects • Animals • Squirrels

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Squirrels • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship • Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy | General • Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women

This "impeccably paced fantasy"* from Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant is a don't-miss classic animal adventure.

Told from the perspective of four animal friends and filled with charming black-and-white illustrations, Gooseberry Park works well both as a read-aloud and as a fun independent book for second through fourth graders.

Stumpy Squirrel has just settled into a new nest in a magnificent pin oak in Gooseberry Park. It's the perfect spot for her babies to be born! When they arrive healthy and strong, Stumpy's three good friends--a Labrador retriever, a wise hermit crab, and a bat--are thrilled.

But after a terrible ice storm destroys the pin oak, Stumpy disappears. It takes a special combination of courage, humor, and tenacity for Stumpy's friends to rescue her babies and bring her home again.

Plus the adventures continue in Gooseberry Park and the Master Plan and the third book in the series, A Kitten in Gooseberry Park.

*starred Publishers Weekly review

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