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Just Plain Fancy
By Polacco, Patricia
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-55305-884-0
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1990.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1990
K-Gr 3 Polacco's clear, lively, watercolor/pastel crayon illustrations play with varying perspectives in a way calculated to draw children into a world of order and simplicity: the Amish country of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Readers are introduced to Naomi and Ruth, Amish sisters, aged about ten and four. One day, while searching for mislaid eggs, Naomi tells Ruth that she longs for something "fancy" in her otherwise "plain" life. Her wish is fulfilled when the girls disco...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
