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Up the chimney down and other stories
By Aiken, Joan
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06020-036-7
- Publisher
- New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row, c1984.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1985
Gr 4-6 Although the setting of these 11 short stories moves between New York, London and Paris, the real locale is Aiken country where a baker makes cakes for the wind, a rare bird is saved from extinction and a rainbow makes itself comfortable in a small house in a "rather wild part of London." Life is hard in Aiken's world, but greed, a frequent phenomenon, is thwarted and goodness triumphs. A bli...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
