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Title: The Hundred Penny Box by Sharon Bell Mathis, Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon ISBN: 0-14-032169-1 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: October, 1986 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.91 (11 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Intergenerational Friendship
Comment: The Hundred Penny Box tells the story of young Michael and his Great-Great Aunt Dew.
Aunt Dew moved in with Michael and his family so that they could assist with her care
because her failing health made it impossible for her to stay in her home alone. Aunt
Dew is 100 years old and as proof she has a box, which she calls the "Hundred Penny Box"
which contains her collection of 100 pennies. The pennies in her collection represent
the years she has lived, and each birthday she adds a newly minted penny to her
collection. Michael and Aunt Dew play a special game where he counts the pennies while
she interjects memories about what was going on in her life during a that particular
year. Aunt Dew has told her nephew many times that if someone were to take her Hundred
Penny Box they would be taking her life. Because Michael's mother often makes decisions
without discussing them with Aunt Dew the two women do not have the closest of
relationships. When one of Michael's mother's decisions puts the Hundred Penny Box in
danger, what will Michael do to protect it?
While the illustrations in this book clearly reflect the abilities of the Dillon team
they seemed to miss the mark in this book. I felt the artwork took away from the story
considerably and overall it gave a heartwarming story an eerie vibe. Still this is an
enjoyable story about a special intergenerational friendship and love.
Reviewed by Stacey Seay...
Rating: 5
Summary: We thought this was a great book--we loved it!
Comment: The story of Michael and his great-great aunt Dew felt very real to us. We especially liked the part where they played the hundred-penny game together. We also liked the part where old Aunt Dew sings and dances to her favorite record. Dancing makes her feel younger and she forgets that she's a hundred years old. Michael loved Aunt Dew, and the author made us love her, too. Michael and Aunt Dew were very close. We thought that he understood her better than his mother did. We also liked the way that Michael stood up to his mother when she was about to throw away Aunt Dew's old box. We think that everyone should read this book because you can learn alot from it and you will enjoy it, like we did. Kids will understand their older family members better and may make them feel good and happy. [This review was composed and written by my fourth graders in Philadelphia)
Rating: 1
Summary: a bad book
Comment: This book was a reading for my 3rd grade daughter. I have no idea how or why this book EVER won an award, unless it was for being the most boring yet deppressing book ever written. And the illustrations were just as sad.
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Title: How Big Is a Foot? by Rolf Myller ISBN: 0440404959 Publisher: Yearling Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1991 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins ISBN: 0688092349 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 26 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney ISBN: 0140505393 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 1985 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes, Louis Slobodkin ISBN: 0156423502 Publisher: Voyager Books Pub. Date: 17 April, 1974 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: Flat Stanley 40th Anniversary Edition by Jeff Brown, Scott Nash ISBN: 0060097914 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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