Henry climbs a mountain

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C.C. Mellor Memorial Library	Picture Books	E Joh
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CLP - Main Library	First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books	j Fic Johnson
Location	CLP - Main Library
Collection	First Floor Children's Department - Picture Books
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Crafton Public Library	Juvenile - Picture Books	PICT F JOHNSON 2003
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Collection	Juvenile - Picture Books
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Upper St. Clair Township Library	Picture Books	JOHNSON
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Summary

Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "K-Gr. 3. This fanciful picture book, the third in the series that began with Henry Hikes to Fitchburg (2000), takes its inspiration from Walden and Civil Disobedience, in which Thoreau describes a night spent in jail. Here Henry the bear, confined to a cell after refusing to pay taxes to a state that allows slavery, takes his crayons and begins to draw pictures on the wall. In a sequence reminiscent of Crockett Johnson's Harold and the Purple Crayon, Henry then climbs into the scene he is creating. Hiking along the mountain path, he befriends a traveler who is walking northward to freedom. An appended note comments on Thoreau's love of mountains, his hatred of slavery, and the influence of his writings on civil disobedience. The story seems more dreamlike than the previous ones in the series, but the simple, direct telling is very satisfying, and the stylized illustrations, in colored pencil and paint, look fresh and inviting, providing a lightly cubist, appealingly askew perspective of the world. Clearly the bear, like the man, sees things a little differently from most. A new avenue for introducing Thoreau and the issue of slavery to young children, as well as another story for Henry's admirers. --Carolyn Phelan Copyright 2003 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "Henry Climbs a Mountain, the third book by D. B. Johnson based on the life of Henry David Thoreau, follows the ursine hero on his way to go mountain-climbing. Before he gets there, Henry is jailed for tax evasion. However, being locked up doesn't stop Henry from climbing mountains and forging some streams of his own invention. Interesting perspectives and Cubist shapes convey the adventurous bear's imagination and connection with nature. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information

Series	Henry series #1 - Henry hikes to Fitchburg #2 - Henry builds a cabin #3 - Henry climbs a mountain #4 - Henry works
Subjects	Thoreau, Henry David, -- 1817-1862 -- Juvenile fiction. Thoreau, Henry David, -- 1817-1862 -- Fiction. Bears -- Fiction.
Publisher	Boston :Houghton Mifflin Co.,2003
Language	English
Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
ISBN	0618269029
Other	Classic View