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Title: The Sweetest Fig by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0-395-67346-1 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 25 October, 1993 Format: School & Library Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another great book
Comment: Another great book by Chris Van Allsburg. I do an author study with my second graders and they particuarly love this book. They to hear it read with a bit of a French accent. The children have great empathy for poor Marcel and really appreciate when he triumphs over the self-absorbed Bibot. This book is in much demand in my classroom aftet it has been introduced as a read aloud.
Rating: 4
Summary: the sweetest fig for ms voorhees book report assignment
Comment: Monseuir Bigot. A dentist, a picky snooty stuck up dentist, to be precise. He lives simply, with his small terrier who is not even allowed to bark, and his profession. One day as he is sitting in his office, an old woman comes into his building with a horrid toothache, she has no appointment, but he decides he could use a few extra francs. (he lives in france)He pulls her tooth out, and when he asks for payment, she hands him two figs, and says that they will make his dreams come true. he sends her from his office, and goes home. Later that night he has one of the figs, as a dinnertime snack. When he wakes up he finds that his dream had come true that he had dreamt the night before. He then hynotizes himself for weeks so he can control his dreams, the night he plans to eat the fig and become rich and famous, his dog eats the fig. he wakes up the next morning under his bed... bieng told to go for a walk...
Chris van alsburg has the best ironic childrens books. I really enjoyed how this one played out. The illustrations are as good as you would expect from a van alsburg book, especially well done are the peoples facial expressions.This is a book i would definately recomend to a friend, not nessesarily a younger reader but preferably someone who can read fairly well, its somewhere in between a chapter book and an easy reader.
Rating: 5
Summary: What if... When You Slept, Your Dreams Came True?
Comment: Chris Van Allsburg's book, THE SWEETEST FIG, is an exquisitely illustrated book that raises the fascinating question, "What if... when you slept, your dreams came true?"
This story tells the tale of a mean-spirited dentist, Monsieur Bibot, who lives in Paris, France, with only his small, white dog for a companion. When Bibot receives as payment two small figs from an old woman who can't afford to pay him for his dental services, he is furious. The woman tells Bibot that these figs are special... "they can make your dreams come true." Dreams are clearly something that Bibot cares little for... that is, until he discovers that the old woman was telling him the truth. When he finds himself standing outside a restaurant dressed only in his underwear, and the Eiffel Tower bending down as if it were made of rubber -- he rushes home and begins practicing the art of controlling his dreams. Bibot's attempt to overly-control his life takes a surprising turn, and this story vividly illustrates the point that greed and self-absorption can ruin a man's life.
Because the artwork in this book is so exceptionally good and the moral of the story is so delightful, this is one book that parents will love to read to their children again and again!
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Title: The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0395423317 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0395640512 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 September, 1992 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 039527804X Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 October, 1979 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0395486688 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 October, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0395533074 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 October, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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