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Voyager Paperbacks, 2004-01-09

Picnic in October

Picnic in October

Eve Bunting, Author

Nancy Carpenter, Illustrator

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9780152050658

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In this powerful tribute to the true meaning of liberty, a boy comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family travel to Ellis Island each year to celebrate the Statue of Liberty's birthday. Full color.
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Tony thinks his family’s annual picnic on Liberty Island is silly—until he sees the Statue of Liberty through his grandmother’s eyes. In this quiet, powerful story, Eve Bunting invites readers to reflect on heritage, gratitude, and the meaning of home.

Keywords and Themes: Birthdays • Family • Gratitude • Heritage • Historical • Holidays & Celebrations • Home • Identity • Juvenile Fiction • Multigenerational • New Baby • Patriotic Holidays • Patriotism • Perspective • Places • Respect • Responsibility • Social Themes • Strangers • Thankfulness • United States • United States - General • Violence

Readability • 3.4

Age Range • 4-7

Pages • 32

Subjects • Emigration and immigration • Italian Americans • Statue of Liberty (New York • N.Y.)

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - General • Juvenile Fiction | Places | United States • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Strangers • Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Birthdays • Juvenile Fiction | Family | New Baby • Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Patriotic Holidays • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Violence

Tony thinks it's dumb to go all the way to Liberty Island for a birthday picnic. But that's before he understands what the Statue of Liberty means to Grandma.
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