McGraw's Emporium (An Owlet Book)

Features

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Cover Type: Paperback with 32 pages
• Published by: Henry Holt and Co. BYR April 15, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0805057978
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0805057973
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 0.1 inches
• Weighs: 4.8 ounces

From Publishers Weekly
Whether kids or adults will be the most entertained by this nimble collaboration is anyone's guess?there is plenty here to amuse everybody. Aylesworth's (Old Black Fly) zippy rhyme describes a boy's visit to McGraw's antique shop in search of a gift for an ill friend. He finds a dizzying array of goods, e.g.: "A Franklin stove, a cowboy hat,/ A parrot cage, a cricket bat,/ A little knife for spreading jam,/ A sweater with a monogram,/ A mandolin, nine picture frames,/ A board for playing checker games,/ A bowling ball, a kitchen sink,/ A statue of King Tut, I think." Making this emporium a visual treat is Smith's innovative collage art. She juxtaposes watercolors and colored-pencil drawings with photographs of hundreds of items (a jacket flap reports that she used 432 magazines and three pairs of scissors). The melange is neatly arranged for convenient browsing. Youngsters will have fun identifying the objects mentioned in the verse, while baby-boomers will chuckle over such cultural artifacts as the album cover from Saturday Night Fever, a Pet Rock, a photo of the original Star Trek cast, a lava lamp and?of course?two pink flamingo lawn ornaments. Delightful. Ages 4-7.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3?A bespectacled young fellow wants to buy a present for a sick friend and chances upon McGraw's Emporium, a store brimming with wonderful things. In extended rhyme, Aylesworth catalogs such items as "A Franklin stove, a cowboy hat,/A parrot cage, a cricket bat,/A little knife for spreading jam,/A sweater with a monogram" In the end, a sign on the wall leads the hero to a kitten, the perfect gift. The inventive collage-and-cartoon illustrations juxtapose all the objects named as well as some that aren't, but pages are spacious enough to find everything mentioned in the poem. The jacket informs readers that it took 432 magazines and three pairs of scissors to create the art. Adults might enjoy sly references to the recent past, such as a Sgt. Pepper album cover and a photo of the original Star Trek cast, while children will enjoy identifying everything that's named.?Leda Schubert, Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.