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	• A House Is a House for Me Mary Ann Hoberman Puffin, 2007 - 48 pages average customer review:based on 12 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

highly recommended

Great concept & drawings.

This is a a very creative effort.
Love the illustrations & the writers way of expressing herself.
Thanks,
J A

Fabulous!

My kids love this book. The rhyme and illustrations are splendid. They never tire of this one and neither do I. Highly recommended.

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On every child's "must have" list!

I used to have this book when I was a child (I actually STILL have it - albeit slightly worn and well loved). This book is absolutely wonderful!

I am now in my thirties and in the field of Developmental Psychology and personally highly recommend this book for any child! I'm sure that they will love it, and cherish it, as much as I have!

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Can any illustrator ever reach this level again?

Just today my "Big Book" version of this classic fell out of the box and onto the carpet for my daughters and myself to re-read. It's summer and I'm a teacher planning the upcoming first grade year for a class in Oxnard CA coming to me in a "Sheltered Immersion" program.
This book I have traditionally used at year's start as we share and make pictures of our homes and families embarking on those themes of home that teachers use at year's start.I must have literature connections. This book is a phenomenal example of an author and an illustrator both rising to the occasion to fully complement the work of the other. The text is a delightful poem which my daughter proclaimed a limerick which essentially talks of homes for animals, people, so many interesting things and where they are nestled (mouse to snail)- then always in it's pattern finds a way to re-reference "But a House is a house for me." The illustrations are so rich I wondered aloud today if they were collaged or simply drawn in pieces and then assembled. It takes literally hours to "see" all the references and detail in these works. Syl today caught a glimpse of the white rabbit. I would say they are pen and ink but they are so dense, I can't be sure. I'd like to be able to ask this illustrator how this book evolved. To me if you placed these in with the beautiful poster art of the 60's you'd put them in the right place. It is a kind of work reminiscent of those psychedelic pieces that are just wonderful to examine. As a teacher I look for work like this both visually expansive and verbally expansive when I teach.I imagine a child is delighted with something to spend time dreaming through. Yearly this book captures the children I teach and takes a really long time before we find ourselves reading another. I recommend it as a gift in age range 4 to 9 depending on the child...I saw my 17 year old fairly taken today. Syl likes depth in a book. This has mind power.

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Fun and Engaging

I have loved every single book by Mary Ann Hoberman that I have ever read, and this is no exception. The book is great for reading aloud... the words flow very nicely. Betty Fraser's illustration are, also as usual, wonderfully whimsical and beautifully detailed.

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Where does everyone?and everything?live? A House Is a House for Me is a rollicking rhyme about houses. Some of the houses are familiar, such as an anthill and a dog kennel, while others are surprising, such as a corn husk and a pea pod. This longtime favorite is filled with pictures that parents and children will want to look at again and again in a beautifully produced, deluxe fullsized edition.

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