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River Friendly, River Wild Hardcover - 2000

by Jane Kurtz; Neil Brennan (Illustrator)

Drawing from his own experience during a 1997 flood in North Dakota, the author pens the story of a family who experiences a renewed appreciation for home and community after they are evacuated during a spring flood and then return to survey the damage. Full color.

Summary

This winter was snowy, this spring brought a terrible blizzard, and now
the river is rising.
Sandbags don't stop it, the dikes don't stop it, and late one night sirens warn everyone to evacuate. A girl and her family don't expect to be gone more than a couple of days, so they leave their cat and race for shelter with only a suitcase each. But as days stretch into weeks they worry: Is the cat safe? Will they have a home to return to? And how will their lives be changed?
In searing, personal poems, Jane Kurtz explores what it's like to struggle through a flood and pull your life together afterward. Inspired by Kurtz's own flood experience, this tale is realistic and unforgettable. Not just a moving story of one girl's courage, River Friendly, River Wild is a tribute to everyone who's ever faced great loss.

From the publisher

Jane Kurtz is a highly acclaimed author of books for young readers. Her picture books include Fire on the Mountain, which was an honor book for the Marion Vannett Ridgeway Award, and Only a Pigeon, which won a Parents' Choice Gold Award and an African Studies Association Award. Her first novel, The Storyteller's Beads, was named one of the best books of 1998 by several reviewers. Kurtz and her family lived in a FEMA mobile home for many months after losing their house in the 1997 Red River flood. They now live in a different house in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

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  • Title River Friendly, River Wild
  • Author Jane Kurtz; Neil Brennan (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, New York
  • Date 2000-03-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780689820496 / 0689820496
  • Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.31 x 10.34 x 0.46 in (26.19 x 26.26 x 1.17 cm)
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 630
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1990's
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: North Dakota
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-06945
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Media reviews

Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2000, Page 1018
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2000, Page 389
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 01/01/2000, Page 60
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/24/2000, Page 311
  • School Library Journal, 03/01/2000, Page 209

About the author

Jane Kurtz was born in Portland, Oregon, but when she was two years old, her parents decided to move to Ethiopia, where she spent most of her childhood. Jane speaks about being an author at schools and conferences--in all but eleven of the United States, so far, and such places as Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya, France, Germany, Romania, England, Indonesia, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Japan. She helped start Ethiopia Reads (EthiopiaReads.org), a nonprofit that has opened the first libraries for children in Ethiopia. She is the author of many books for children, including What Do They Do with All that Poo? illustrated by Allison Black, Do Kangaroos Wear Seat Belts? illustrated by Jane Manning, Anna Was Here, and the American Girl book Lanie.

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