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Each Little Bird That Sings
By Wiles, Deborah
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15205-113-6
- Publisher
- Gulliver Harcourt
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Gr 4-6 "I come from a family with a lot of dead people." So begins this narrative by 10-year-old Comfort Snowberger, who prides herself on taking death in stride -after all, her family owns and operates the funeral parlor in the small town of Snapfinger, MS. Then loss hits closer to home, first with the death of Great-uncle Edisto and, a few months later, with Great-great-aunt Florentine. During a storm on the way to the cemetery, flooding causes ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2005
Comfort Snowberger, daughter of the local undertaker in Snapfinger, Mississippi, knows all about dying: the causes of death, the funerals, the flowers, the service, the preparation of the body. It's life that causes her problems because it's so danged unpredictable. And life gets truly messy and capricious when Great-great-aunt Florentine dies; Comfor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
