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The Day the Animals Came
A Story of Saint Francis Day
By Weller, Frances Ward & Long, Loren
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39923-630-3
- Publisher
- New York : Philomel Books, c2003.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2003
Gr 2-4 This story is based on Weller's and others' reminiscences of an annual October event at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. Life in the crowded city makes Ria long for the Caribbean island that she and her parents recently left to seek "a better life." Knowing that the child misses the animals she left behind, Mrs. Blum, the neighbor who cares for Ria while her parents work, take...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
