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Castle of Books
By Clavel, Bernard & Nascimbene, Yan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-81183-501-5
- Publisher
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2002.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2002
Gr 1-4 Benjamin lives in a house so full of books that "Just getting around-exercise[s] his imagination and cause[s] it to grow bigger every day." His father, intent only on writing poetry, is unaware that, little by little, his son is removing the books to build his imagined castle in the courtyard behind the house. When the child finally finishes the structure, his father removes some of the volumes in order to retrieve words for his poem. But 4512 verses later, the poet is disgust...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
