Matthew and the Midnight Money van (Matthew's Midnight Adventure) - Softcover

Morgan, Allen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0920303722 ISBN 13: 9780920303726

Publisher: Annick Press, 1987

Synopsis

When it rains pennies, Matthew and the Midnight Money Van man collect enough to buy the most wonderful Mother's Day presents for their moms.

About this title

About the Author:

Allen Morgan first became interested in children's books while teaching kindergarten in Toronto schools. He is the author of the popular Matthew stories and Nicole's Boat (2000). Allen lives in Toronto.

Michael Martchenko has illustrated over 30 books for children, including many of the popular Robert Munsch stories, and has exhibited his work throughout North America. He has won numerous awards for design and illustration. He lives with his wife in Toronto.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 1-3 Matthew needs a Mother's Day gift and is just about to discover whether there's a prize in the cereal box when his mother interrupts his search. That night Matthew hears what he thinks is rain but is actually penny precipitation, and the midnight money van man is willing to split the proceeds if Matthew helps him clean up. With their money, the two proceed to the Midnight Mall, where a cartoonish assortment of characters from two previous books about Matthew are also shopping for their mothers. Punk-rocker pigeons, turkeys buying cushions, and a mysterious moose cavort on one busy page. The ring Matthew purchases for about two million dollars is lost under his bed that night, but no matterMatthew finds it in his cereal box. Or a reasonable facsimile. Children will enjoy close up the details in these paint-and-ink illustrations, and the story fits both in holiday collections and in ``crazy weather'' categories as one wacky romp. Susan Hepler, Windsor Public Library, Conn.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Annick Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0920303722
• ISBN 13: 9780920303726
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Martchenko Michael