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From: New England Reading Association Journal
Date: 20060501
Author:Juchniewicz, Melissa

THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1854,2002). Henry David's House. Edited by Steven Schnur; Illustrated by Peter Fiore. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge. ISBN 0881061166.

Who better to represent the idea of appreciating the beauty and clarity of simplicity through elevated language than Henry David Thoreau? This is a gorgeous book, in which editor Schnur selects passages from the first edition of Thoreau's Waiden, or Life in the Woods that are particularly accessible for young readers. In a large picture-book format, we encounter young Henry, who describes his experiences as he builds a small house in the ...

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