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Title: The Searcher and Old Tree
ISBN: 158089223X
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Publicate Date: 2007-01-15
Publish: 2007-01-15
List Price: $15.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Hardcover
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1: The Searcher and Old Tree
McPhail, David. The Searcher and Old Tree. Charlesbridge. 2008.
This lovely book opens with a picture of a raccoon lying asleep in a tree. On the title page, as the moon arises, raccoon stretches and climbs carefully down the tree trunk. A series of vignettes shows raccoon tiptoeing toward a garbage can, diving in, and surfacing with an opened can of food; these opening pages are without words. The first sentences read, "After a long night's search for food, the Searcher heads home. It has been a fruitful trip, and his belly is full. Dawn is near--and so is home." Carefully, the raccoon climbs back up his tree and goes to sleep. The tree stands tall alone at the edge of a bluff, overlooking the sea. The wind picks up and waves crash against the shore. All day, the storm pummels the tree as raccoon sleeps soundly. "The wind tries to pull Old Tree out by the roots. It can't." Evening comes, and the peacefully sleeping raccoon repeats his wake-up routine of stretching. This is a very sweet story that invites preschool children to contemplate their own night of peaceful sleep reassured that they will rest safely.
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