You Can Go Home Again - Hardcover

Marton, Jirina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1550379917 ISBN 13: 9781550379914

Publisher: Annick Press, 1994

Synopsis

When Annie and her parents visit her mother's native city, Annie hopes to find the wooden elephants that her mother played with as a girl at her Uncle Billy's house

About this title

About the Author:

Written and illustrated by Jirina Marton

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 3-Annie's mother tells her a sweet, sad story about her homeland. The woman describes her childhood and her Aunt Anna and Uncle Billy, who lived in a wonderful mansion filled with beautiful carpets, vases, and paintings. Most special of all were four ebony elephants that she loved to played with. When the war (presumably World War II) began, she was sent to live in Canada and, while she was gone, her aunt, uncle, and father died. After hearing the story, Annie wants to visit the old country, and her mother agrees that it is time. Although the country is never named, the back of the book identifies the city as Prague. Annie is determined to find the elephants, but it is not until they visit a restaurant on their last night that she discovers the figurines in a glass case and hears the story of how Uncle Billy left them there for his niece to find. Beautifully illustrated with detailed oil paintings, this story could be used with Allen Say's Grandfather's Journey (Houghton, 1993) to generate discussion about different countries and memories.-Jan Shepherd Ross, Dixie Elementary Magnet School, Lexington, KY

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About this edition

• Publisher: Annick Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1550379917
• ISBN 13: 9781550379914
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Marton Jirina