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Mattland [Hardcover]

Hazel Hutchins (Author), Gail Herbert (Author), Dusan Petricic (Illustrator)

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Product Details

Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Annick Press (Aug 22 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1554511216
ISBN-13: 978-1554511211
Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 23.1 x 0.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 204 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #96,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Sparse prose and skillful illustrations that become more colorful... will give young readers a sense of the experience of displacement. (Kay Weisman Booklist 200806)

Mattland has much to offer those who find themselves in a new place, and to creative souls needing inspiration. (Jayne Damron, Farmington Community Library, MI School Library Journal 2009)

"Mattland" is successful on all fronts... Described in spare yet evocative prose, Matt's world grows as he finds new things. (Barbara Feinberg The New York Times 200912)

Winner, Marillyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Canadian Children's Book Centre 20110316)

Winner, Marillyn Baillie Picture Book Award (Canadian Children's Book Centre )

This beautiful...book captures a small event in a lonely child's life so exquisitely that it takes your breath away. (Canadian Teacher )

I love the sparse text and the unique perspective of the images. (wordofmousebooks.com )

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A stirring story about the infectious pleasures of play.

Matt is miserable. The subdivision where he now lives is surrounded by nothing but muddy fields of rocks and sticks. But when Matt ventures out, his imagination kicks in. He draws a muddy, winding line and names it Snake River. A pile of rocks becomes the Dog Tooth Mountains. Just like that, Mattland is born.

Soon a girl shows up with a handful of helpful odds and ends. Piece by piece, she and Matt expand their new world with popsicle-stick bridges and scrap-paper boats. And when a rainstorm finally threatens to wash everything away, all the neighborhood kids appear and help stave off the flood.

Evocative of childhood friendships and with sublime illustrations that brighten in color as the story progresses, Mattland is an inspiring ode to cooperative play.

(2009)

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Matt had moved three times with his family and this was the worst place of all. Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars Get outside, Mar 21 2009

By Donna Hackman "storylady" - Published on Amazon.com

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Kids need creativity. Creativity can begin with so little, a stick, mud, water equals a city, a world and friendship. This book sparks imagination! This is a much needed thing for kids anytime and especially today.

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5.0 out of 5 stars imagination at work, Jan 12 2009

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This is an excellent book for elementary as well as a discussion point for older students. Well written with excellent illustrations.

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