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. . . . Volume VIII Number 2 . . . . September 21, 2001
excerpt: Now it was autumn and the chestnuts were ripe. ![]() My favourite illustrated page includes the view of just the back end of a squirrel busy inside a hole in the Chestnut tree. Below's illustrations are colourful and detailed. Anya's curly chestnut brown hair and brilliant green eyes draw the reader's attention on every page. This book also includes a Did You Know? section about Horse Chestnuts, a diagram of the life cycle of a Horse Chestnut tree and a glossary. A great addition to classroom and library nature collections. This combination of lovely detailed illustrations and a charming story is too tempting to pass up. I will be sure to read this book at a Fall Storytime. Maybe I can even find some chestnuts to share. Highly Recommended. Catherine Hoyt is the Curator of the Eileen Wallace Children's Literature Collection at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB.
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