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ISBN: 0805067876

ISBN13: 9780805067873

Big Day on the River

Name: A Joyful Down-Home River Trip
Item: Big Day on the River
Rating: 5
Author: Thriftbooks.com User

By Sarah Elizabeth Wilson and Xio Axelrod

A little girl looks forward to her first solo raft ride on the river, but her well-meaning relatives don't want to leave her alone. At dawn, Willie danced her way to the river, joyful to be alone and grinning ear-to-ear. "Yow-eee!" she shouted. "My first day out on the Wallawatchee, and nobody's here to tell me what to do or how to do it! " Willie can't wait to take her raft out on the river for the first time. Her loving relatives want her to have a wonderful trip, so they load the raft with everything she might need: watermelons and lemonade, sun umbrellas and warm blankets, and even a camp stove. There's hardly enough room left for Willie! But this resourceful girl isn't about to let anything sink her plans - not even her wonderful family. She'll have her own riotous river adventure yet! Bestselling author Sarah Wilson has created an irresistible story about a spunky little girl's first steps toward independence.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0805067876

ISBN13:9780805067873

Release Date:April 2003

Publisher:Henry Holt & Company

Length:32 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 8.7" x 11.4"

Age Range:4 to 7 years

Grade Range:Kindergarten to Grade 2

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Rated 5 stars
A Joyful Down-Home River Trip

By Thriftbooks.com User, February 3, 2005

Vivid acrylic gouache illustrations and sparkling prose highlight this funny, clever book about a "skinny-legs-tall girl's almost spoiled rafting trip down the "Wallawatchee." Just as she's celebrating her imminent launch from the dock, (along with two duck pals), Willie's extended (as in "large- extended") family prance down the dock bringing her provisions that threaten to overload her raft, and country dialect, similes,...

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Rated 5 stars
A completely delightful picture book story

By Thriftbooks.com User, June 10, 2003

Big Day On The River is a completely delightful picture book story about a young girl who sometimes feels a bit squeezed by her large family, and her determination to enjoy a river adventure. Playful color illustrations by Randy Cecil perfectly showcase the upbeat text by Sarah Wilson, -- and lots of splashing make for an upbeat and thoroughly fun-filled read for children ages 4 to 7!

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