brother in a small

Kindergarten-Grade 2–Lizzie lives with her mother, father, and baby brother in a small, isolated house in the Australian bush. Her father has taken his sandalwood into town to sell and will be gone for weeks. Lizzie passes the lonely days by indulging in flights of fancy, turning a fallen tree trunk into a mighty steed, baby's bath into the wide blue sea, and her clutch of wildflowers into a bridal bouquet. Her mother dismisses her dreaming as nonsense, but her own need to imagine surfaces on Sundays, when they dress in their best and walk back and forth on the track, pretending they have been to church. Ormerod has based this story on the experiences of her grandmother and mother, and the warmth of the reminiscences has an authentic ring. The text is simple yet evocative, emphasizing the parent-child relationship, while the skillfully rendered watercolors bring the unique setting to life as kangaroos and dingoes wander through the landscape. The book works nicely as a satisfying story of the value of imagination, familial affection, and an introduction to pioneer life.–Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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