Mabel and Sam at home

Title:

Author:

Summary:

Mabel and her younger brother Sam approach their new home and the trauma of moving by turning it into an adventure, imagining they are sailors approaching a new land, tour guides exploring a museum, and finally astronauts in space.

General Note:

"One brave journey in three adventures." -- Cover.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction.

Siblings -- Juvenile fiction.

Imagination -- Juvenile fiction.

Dwellings -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Hooper, Hadley,

Publisher:

Chronicle Books,

Publication Date:

2018

ISBN:

9781452139968

Publication Information:

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2018]

Call Number:

P URBAN

Holds: Copies:

Available:*

Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003337170	Picture Books	URBAN	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

"This highly recommended tribute to the imagination is comprised of delightful pictures and three clever and entertaining stories." -Booklist, starred review

This playful and endearing book celebrates imaginative play as Mable and Sam move into a new house and make it their own. They sail the high seas of their new home, tour the intriguing museum of their living room, journey through outer space to the safety of their own beds, and discover how far afield--and how close to home--imagination can take them. Funny and engaging, this celebration of moving in and settling in is both heart-warming and house-warming.

Author Notes

Linda Urban has written several award-winning novels and picture books for young readers. She lives in East Montpelier, Vermont.

Hadley Hooper is an illustrator and painter. Her 2014 book, The Iridescence of Birds , by Patricia MacLachlan, was named a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Reviews (1)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Mabel and Sam have just moved into a new home. They think that with all the unloading and bustling about, it's likely they'll get "tripped over or smooshed or trod upon." But over the course of one day (and three chapters), the two siblings use pretend play and empty moving boxes to help them weather the big transition. By the close of the final chapter, featuring an imaginary trip through space, the children have realized that the move was for the best ("Our old planet was getting crowded," Mabel says) and that their new home has plenty of potential to be "Planet Perfecto." Urban's plentiful text could have benefited from some tightening, but Hooper's images, created with printmaking techniques, are beautifully realized; clearly, her imagination is equal to those of her characters. Each chapter is built around a color (navy, yellow, and gray-green, respectively) and mixes fully rendered characters with impressionistic settings and dappled textures, resulting in pages that brim with reassuring humor and lovely graphic nuances. Ages 5-8. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.