The Moffats

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The Moffats

Title:

The Moffats

Author:

Estes, Eleanor, 1906-1988, author.

Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-1975, illustrator.

Summary:

Relates the adventures and misadventures of the four Moffat children living with their widowed mother in a yellow house on New Dollar Street in the small town of Cranbury, Connecticut.

General Note:

"An Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic"--verso t.p.

Sequel: The middle Moffat.

Edition:

1st Harcourt Young classics ed.

Physical Description:

211 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Subject Term:

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

Geographic Term:

Connecticut -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-1975,

Publisher:

Harcourt,

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Publication Date:

2001

1941

ISBN:

9780152025359

9780152025410

Publication Information:

Orlando : Harcourt, 2001.

Call Number:

J ESTES

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Meet the Moffats. There is Sylvie, the oldest, the cleverest, and-most days at least-the responsible one; Joey, who though only twelve is the man of the house...sometimes; Janey, who has a terrific upside-down way of looking at the world; and Rufus, who may be the littlest but always gets in the biggest trouble.
Even the most ordinary Moffat day is packed with extraordinary fun. Only a Moffat could get locked in a bread box all afternoon, or dance with a dog in front of the whole town, or hitch a ride on a boxcar during kindergarten recess. And only a Moffat could turn mistakes and mischief into hilarious one-of-a-kind adventure.

Author Notes

Eleanor Estes was born in West Haven, Connecticut on May 9, 1906. She graduated from the Pratt Institute Library School and worked as a children's librarian in branches of the New York Public Library system. Her first book, The Moffats, was published in 1941. Her other works include The Hundred Dresses and Ginger Pye, which won a John Newbery Medal for the most distinguished children's book in 1952. She also wrote a single adult novel entitled The Echoing Green. She died of complications following a stroke on July 15, 1988 at the age of 82.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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For sixty years this classic novel about a family struggling to get along in the early part of the century has charmed readers with its warmth and gentle humor. Now it springs to life in a delightful recording that will have you laughing out loud... and occasionally wiping away a tear.From their hilarious Halloween hijinks to their touching concerns about coal on a winter evening, the adventures of Sylvie, Joe, Jane, and Rufus Moffat remind us of what family is really all about. Pleasantly nostalgic yet still laugh-out-loud funny, this is a story that will live in your heart. Excerpted from The Moffats by Eleanor Estes All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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