One Morning in Maine, Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine, Robert McCloskey
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One Morning in Maine

Author: Robert McCloskey

Narrator: Lauren Davis

Unabridged: 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/13/2018

Synopsis

A CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK • This heartwarming classic beautifully conveys life’s everyday pleasures.

As Sal brushes her teeth she noticed something strange. One of her teeth is loose! Her first loose tooth! When the tooth falls out she’ll be able to put it under her pillow and make a wish. But while Sal digs for clams with her Dad, her loose tooth becomes a lost tooth. How can she make her wish now? Luckily an exciting trip to Buck’s Harbor with Dad and baby Jane helps make Sal’s wish come true.

In this beloved story, Robert McCloskey’s deep appreciation of the Maine islands comes through in gorgeously illustrated detail.

About The Author

Robert McCloskey (1914-2003) wrote and illustrated some of the most honored and enduring children's books ever published. He grew up in Hamilton, Ohio, and spent time in Boston, New York, and ultimately Maine, where he and his wife raised their two daughters. The first ever two-time Caldecott Medal winner, for Make Way for Ducklings and Time of Wonder, McCloskey was also awarded Caldecott Honors for Blueberries for Sal, One Morning in Maine, and Journey Cake, Ho! by Ruth Sawyer.  He was declared a Living Legend by the Library of Congress in 2000.  You can see some of his best-loved characters immortalized as statues in Boston's Public Garden and Lentil Park in Hamilton, Ohio.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista

OMG. I love the artwork and the nature drawings in this story. The drawings are black and white with exquisite details. I also like the story. Sal, who I assume is the same Sal in the Sal and the Blueberries, wakes up excited to go to town. She discovers a tooth is loose and the excitement is vibrat......more

Goodreads review by Jeremy

As a kid, I found "One Morning in Maine" calming and familiar, an ideal naptime book. Revisiting it much later in life, in a B. Dalton I believe, I was shocked to find myself teary-eyed, even dizzy, looking at the pages. It felt like picking up a seashell at the beach and finding a tiny picture of m......more

Goodreads review by Ronyell

“One Morning in Maine” is a Caldecott Honor Book from the great mind of Robert McCloskey and it is about how a young girl named Sal learns about the wonders of growing up after she loses her first baby tooth. “One Morning in Maine” is a truly inspiring story about growing up that many children will......more

Goodreads review by Laura (Book Scrounger)

Being from Maine, I have to give props to the Mainest picture book ever written. I feel like if this book were written today, after Sal tragically lost her tooth in a mud puddle, the clams and loons and harbor seal and all her family members would have staged a heroic, collaborative search-and-rescu......more

Goodreads review by Angelica

Currently one of Niamh's favourites. She quotes sections to me randomly throughout the day... "My, such trouble" "We're having cham powder for lunch!" [sic] This is one of those books that kids love, but parents don't have to get tired of reading to them. I love the way McCloskey is able to take the......more

Quotes

"As we follow the story of Sal and her lost tooth we feel as refreshed as though we had spent a day with her family on their island."--Saturday Review

 

Awards

  • Caldecott Honor Book
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