Sherman and Pearl - Hardcover

Tusa, Tricia

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ISBN 10: 0027895424 ISBN 13: 9780027895421

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1989

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Sherman and Pearl, spend their day waving to people who pass by on the road through town until a new freeway goes in, and people stop using the old road

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Grade 1-3-- In the tradition of Virginia Lee Burton's The Little House (Houghton, 1942), Tusa chronicles the impact of technology on the daily lives of a quirky, but cozy, couple. "Sherman and Pearl wave all day, every day, to folks who pass by on the road to town. . .the road to somewhere else." This neighborliness, however, is disrupted when a freeway goes up beside their country by-way. But never fear! Rotund Sherman and bony Pearl are not the only two who desire a slower pace, and soon enough, the old dirt road is once again trod upon. Much of the storytelling here is accomplished through the energetic, softly-hued pencil and watercolor illustrations, which bear a resemblance to Marc Simont's familiar style. The physical landscape is bare, but the enthusiastic duo's costumes (the woman wears hats a la Minnie Pearl) and visitors (leather-clad motocyclists, crochety old women, pig farmers, and so on) are varied and textured. Like several other recent picture books, the art work demonstrates the influence of new wave motifs, in this case, '50s retro via East Texas. While the sentiment expressed here is likely to have its share of adult enthusiasts, this lacks the substantial storyline and child appeal of the classic work. --Julie Corsaro, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools
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