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Gila Monsters Meet You At the Airport

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

2020-11-23 10:04:11

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"I live at 165 East 95th Street, and I''m going to stay here forever." says the young hero firmly. After all, out West nobody plays baseball because they''re too busy chasing buffaloes, and you have to ride a horse to school even if you don''t know h... Read more
"I live at 165 East 95th Street, and I''m going to stay here forever." says the young hero firmly. After all, out West nobody plays baseball because they''re too busy chasing buffaloes, and you have to ride a horse to school even if you don''t know how, and you can''t sit down because of the cactus. But his parents are moving West, and they say he has to go, too.
Once there, however, the boy doesn''t meet the Gila monsters he expected. And on the ride to his new home (by taxi, not horse) he discovers the West is neither as different nor as bad as he''d imagined.
Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Byron Barton share a keen sense of the ridiculous and a compassionate understanding of a child''s anxieties. Together they have created a perceptive, exuberantly funny picture book that will have children in all parts of the country laughing away their own fears about new experiences. Less

Book Details

File size8 X 10 X 0.4 in
Print pages32
PublisherSimon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication date September 1, 1980
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780027824506
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
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Marjorie Weinman Sharmat has written more than 130 books for children and young adults, as well as movie and TV novelizations. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. The award-winn...

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