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Schotter, Roni

The House of Joyful Living

32 pp. | Farrar/Kroupa | November, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-374-33429-1 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Terry Widener. In a nostalgic paean to community and family, the imminent arrival of a new baby threatens a young girl's idyllic life in her Manhattan apartment building--a virtual United Nations. The residents' preparations for the annual roof party and the girl's grudging acceptance of change are shown in richly colored, WPA-inflected paintings and described in a poetic text.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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