Awareness of language, awareness that there are different ways to say things, love of favorite words. For children ages 4 to 8. To thank Miss Eula for her wonderful Sunday chicken dinners, three children sell decorated eggs to buy her a beautiful Easter hat. Set in Oakland in a racially diverse neighborhood we watch eagerly as Stewart, Winston, and Trisha try to find a way to thank the boys' gramma, Miss Eula, for those scrumptious Sunday dinners. They decide to pool their money to buy her the Easter hat she admires.
Pysanky eggs play an important part.
Ms Polacco's paintings recreate the time period of the early '60's perfectly down to the photos on Mill Eula's dining room bureau. This is one of those special books that light up one's life. For children ages 9 to 12. Horribly hideous Shrek leaves home and terrifies everyone he encounters in his search for his equally ugly bride. Steig's skilled wordplay adds high gloss to the low humor. . . .