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Henry Builds a Cabin
By Johnson, D. B.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-61813-201-0
- Publisher
- Houghton
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2002
PreS-Gr 2 Through striking illustrations and a minimum of words, Johnson, the author/illustrator of Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (Houghton, 2000), offers another chapter in the life of nature-lover Henry David Thoreau. Revealing a fine sense of economy, Thoreau (in the form of a bear) builds a cabin with room for only the essentials: a bed, a table, a desk, and three chairs. He purchases used materials to s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2002
In this picture book and its predecessor, Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (rev. 5/00), Johnson demonstrates why Thoreau is a true American icon. That Johnson is able to translate Thoreau's philosophy into a picture-book format with bears standing in for Concord's transcendental community is an example of ingenuity at work. For this book he has chosen a well-known episode in Thoreau's life—his construction of a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond. Incorporati...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
