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Marion Holland (1908–1989)

Författare till A Big Ball of String

12+ verk 1,225 medlemmar 15 recensioner 1 favoritmärkta

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Foto taget av: Marion Holland (college age)

Verk av Marion Holland

A Big Ball of String (1958) — Illustratör, vissa utgåvor661 exemplar
No Children, No Pets (1956) 374 exemplar
The Secret Horse (1959) 94 exemplar
No Room for a Dog (1959) 15 exemplar
Casey Jones Rides Vanity (1964) 6 exemplar
Teddy's Camp Out (1963) 6 exemplar
Billy Had a System (1952) 5 exemplar
Muggsy (1959) 4 exemplar
Billy's Raccoon (1963) 3 exemplar
Billy's Clubhouse (1955) 3 exemplar

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Best in Children's Books 33 (1960) 74 exemplar
Great Horse Stories (2010) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar
Spring World, Awake: Stories, Poems, and Essays (1970) — Bidragsgivare — 9 exemplar

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Nice little book about a girl who wants a horse more than anything, but of course her parents say no. They've no place to keep a horse, for starters. She makes friends with a girl who comes to say with her grandmother next door, and does some painting on their rebuilt front porch to earn a little money. Her parents take her to the animal shelter to get a kitten, and while there she sees a thin, neglected-looking horse standing out back by a shed. She immediately makes plans to take this horse home, assuming it's unwanted and will be euthanized. Sneaks out in the middle of the night and leads the horse back, where she and her friend hide it in a derelict stable next door, hidden by overgrown shrubs and poison ivy (on a grand estate owned by an old wealthy man, who only lives there part of the year). Kind of appalling the the kids stole a horse, and took it home without having plans how to feed it or even bring it water, but luckily they figure that out the next day. Their earnings go a little way at a time, and luckily the horse is well-behaved and gentle. But eventually you know they're going to get found out- and then what will happen? I'm glad it had a good ending, although the last two chapters feels rushed, and I was rather surprised the book cuts short right before she tells her parents. I would have liked to see their reaction!

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jeane | Sep 23, 2020 |
After winding a large ball of string, a young boy has fun finding ways of using it.
 
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wichitafriendsschool | 7 andra recensioner | Jul 4, 2016 |
I want to use the word "pedantic," but I guess what I really mean is something like ... excessively interested in string.
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MeditationesMartini | 7 andra recensioner | Jan 28, 2016 |
A Big Ball of String is full of ideas on what a kid can do with a big ball of string. The boy creates remote door openers and artistic decorations and other things simply by using his imagination. It encourages young children to use their own imaginations and it is easily readable by a beginning reader.
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aleader | 7 andra recensioner | Apr 4, 2014 |

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Statistik

Verk
12
Även av
3
Medlemmar
1,225
Popularitet
#20,958
Betyg
4.2
Recensioner
15
ISBN
19
Favoritmärkt
1

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