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Bad Day at Riverbend
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Bad Day at Riverbend Hardcover - 1995

by Chris Van Allsburg; Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)

Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like another, and nothing ever happened. No one ever came to Riverbend, and no one ever left. So, the day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong.


Summary

Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left. The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong. What was the mysterious substance on both coach and horses? It would not come off. Soon it was everywhere in the tidy little village. Something had to be done, and Sheriff Hardy aimed to do it.

From the publisher

Master artist and storyteller Chris Van Allsburg presents a surrealistic journey into the imagination.

This provocative story within a story leads readers to ponder the realities of fictional worlds and the lives of the characters who populate them.

Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left.

The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong. What was the mysterious substance on both coach and horses? It would not come off. Soon it was everywhere in the tidy little village. Something had to be done, and Sheriff Hardy aimed to do it.

From two-time Caldecott winner Chris Van Allsburg, creator of Jumanji and The Polar Express.

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  • Title Bad Day at Riverbend
  • Author Chris Van Allsburg; Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Clarion Books, Boston
  • Date 1995-10-30
  • ISBN 9780395673478 / 039567347X
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 11.35 x 8.84 x 0.4 in (28.83 x 22.45 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 750
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95004154
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

"It's a book that starts with one point of view and steps into another. The average bildungsroman acoomplishes this kind of transition in several hundred pages: Van Allsburg does it in thirty-two." Kirkus Reviews with Pointers

Citations

  • ALA Notable Children's Books, 01/01/1996, Page 1288
  • Booklist, 10/15/1995, Page 413
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/1995, Page 47
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 09/15/1995, Page 1359
  • New York Times, 03/24/1996, Page 23
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/25/1995, Page 55
  • School Library Journal, 10/01/1995, Page 121
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