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    By David Macaulay

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    Albert and his trusty mare, June, set off early on market day to sell their melons in town, thus beginning a mysterious chain of events in a thought-provoking journey that exposes ordinary life as an intricate sequence of action and reaction.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateSep 27, 1999
    ISBN9780547530437
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    David Macaulay

    David Macaulay is an award-winning author and illustrator whose books have sold millions of copies in the United States alone, and his work has been translated into a dozen languages. Macaulay has garnered numerous awards including the Caldecott Medal and Honor Awards, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the Christopher Award, an American Institute of Architects Medal, and the Washington Post–Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award. In 2006, he was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, given “to encourage people of outstanding talent to pursue their own creative, intellectual, and professional inclinations.” Superb design, magnificent illustrations, and clearly presented information distinguish all of his books. David Macaulay lives with his family in Vermont.

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    • 3/5
      The overlapping stories (in chapters) are cleverly done, and the pictures are fun and colorful.
    • 1/5
      This book tells of Albert and JUne who go to the market everyday to sell their melons. If everything goes as planned they will be home before dark; which is what happens. Little do they know what goes on around them. A train goes down an abandoned track, a boat gets flipped, a hot air balloon gets let loose, and a pig gets lost.
    • 5/5
      Albert and June (a horse) believe that they have done a good job when they arrive home before dark. However, they do not realize the problems that their actions, while hurrying to get home, have caused others. This is a great book for beginner readers. They can solve mysteries within the book by looking at the illustrations. This is a fun book and a great way to show how ones action can effect everyone around them.
    • 5/5
      What a fun book! In ten short 'chapters,' (which really are just a few pages each), Caldecott Medal-winning author and illustrator David Macaulay tells a story in his trademark, unexpected way. Similar to his book, "Black and White," this book tells (what may appear to be) separate stories. However, readers will be able to solve the mysteries in the book, and see how the stories actually relate to combine into one story. Without seeing the illustrations, I'm not sure how much a reader would be able to understand the actions that take place in this book. More or less, the story begins as Albert and June travel to their town's market. On the way, their actions have a domino effect on different people (and animals) in the town. As stated earlier, the cartoonish illustrations in this book really allow Macaulay to tell his story. Readers are able to see the Rube Goldberg-esque sequence of events occur, as each chapter unfolds. The illustrations themselves are brightly-colored, and usually 'zoomed in' on the action. In other words, the reader may see what they are supposed to see, in order to solve the mystery, rather than being able to view the entire scene. Hopefully, young (and older) readers will delight in reading this book, and simultaneously, finding their way to solve the puzzle.

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