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The Day the Animals Came

A Story of Saint Francis Day

The Day the Animals Came( )
Author: Weller, Frances Ward
Illustrator: Long, Loren
ISBN:978-0-399-23630-3
Publication Date:Sep 2003
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Imprint:Putnam Adult
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $31.95
Book Description:

Ria hates New York. She misses her friends, and the warm Puerto Rican sun; most of all she misses the animals she left behind. Then, one day, Ria's neighbor Mrs. Blum takes her on a surprise trip: to a big cathedral-it's the festival of St. Francis Day, when everyone brings their pets to be blessed! At first, Ria is disappointed. She doesn't have a pet of her own for blessing. But a mishap with a mischievous duck leads to Ria being asked to join the magnificent Procession of...
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Book Details
Pages:40
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Animals / General
Juvenile Fiction / Places / United States
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):19.812 x 29.845 x 1.016 cm
Book Weight:0.418 Kilograms
Author Biography
Weller, Frances Ward (Author)
Loren Long received a BA in graphic design/art studio from the University of Kentucky and did graduate-level studies at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. He worked as an illustrator for a greeting card company in Cincinnati before beginning his career as a freelance illustrator.

His first picture book, Angela Johnson's I Dream of Trains, won the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award for picture book illustration. He has illustrated numerous other works including The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna, Toy Boat by Randall DeSeve which won the 2008 Great Lakes Book Award for Children's Picture Book, Angela and the Baby Jesus by Frank McCourt, and the chapter book series Sluggers that he created with Phil Bildner. His version of Walt Whitman's When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer was a Golden Kite Honor Book. He has written and illustrated several books including Drummer Boy and the Otis series.

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