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Hardcover Frederick Book

ISBN: 0375975039

ISBN13: 9780375975035

Frederick

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Book Overview

Leo Lionni's Caldecott Honor-winning story about a little mouse who gathers something unusual for the long winter is celebrating its fiftieth birthday Winter is coming, and all the mice are gathering food . . . except for Frederick. But when the days grow short and the snow begins to fall, it's Frederick's stories that warm the hearts and spirits of his fellow field mice. Winner of a 1967 Caldecott Honor, Frederick has been cherished by generations of readers. "A splendid achievement." -- School Library Journal , starred review "In Frederick, a mouse who is a poet from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail demonstrates that a seemingly purposeless life is indeed far from that--and that we need not live by bread alone " --Eric Carle This description may be from another edition of this product.
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15 customer ratings | 5 reviews

Rated 5 stars
I give Frederick six stars and one huge heart!

This book has followed me around for 37 years. I still have the original copy from childhood, torn and tattered but also I keep newer ones in my healing library for my patients. This book explains meditation, the power of the heart and openness better than any other I have yet to encounter. It is important to cultivate heart in our children and imagination. In our busyminded and action oriented world, kids need permission...

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Rated 5 stars
A beautiful story about the power and value of imagination

In a gentle and lyrical turn, Lionni's Frederick is the story of a family of mice preparing for winter. One mouse - Frederick - does not gather corn, nuts, and wheat along with the others and instead sits apart explaining that he is gathering sunrays, colors, and words. Although reproachful of his apparent idleness, in the depth of winter, the other mice come to appreciate Frederick's ability to entertain them by sparking...

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Rated 5 stars
Encouraging children's creativity

In a children's bookstore, I once heard a father tell his son to put back a picture book because it was "garbage." Maybe he saw the shocked look on my face, because he started lecturing me about how children today need to learn a lot of things and they don't have time to waste on fairy tales and other stories.Unfortunately, his point of view is becoming more common. It looks like this generation of children is going to grow...

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Rated 5 stars
Frederick

I can't read this book to children without getting all choked up. The children then look up at me like I'm crazy.

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The single most important book of my childhood

I and my sister grew up with Frederick as one of the most sacred books in our childhood canon. Recently, while shuffling through boxes of ancient heirlooms, I came across the simple, unassuming cover of Frederick (in 1977 the cover showed only the back of Frederick in the lower right corner, gazing into the distance, and no title), and immediately a serene peace overcame me. I couldn't believe I had forgotten about this...

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