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It's 1894. Charlotte and her American family have been living in France for two years where her father has learned the new way of painting called Impressionism. Now her father's paintings are going to be featured in a show in New York and the whole family is going along. New York is a hustling, bustling city like no other in the world, and Charlotte records it all in her colorful journal. Illustrated with striking museum reproductions, beautiful watercolor paintings, and collages, the book also includes biographical sketches of the featured painters. Charlotte's exciting journey to the city that never sleeps will make any reader shout, "I love New York!"
Lexile Measure: 810L (What's this?)
Series: Charlotte
Hardcover: 52 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (July 27, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811850056
ISBN-13: 978-0811850056
Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 0.4 x 9.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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Age Range: 8 and up
Grade Level: 3 and up
Charlotte in New York is the latest in the popular series about CharlotteGlidden, the gutsy 19th century girl from Boston who loves to travel the worldand paint en plein air like her Impressionist painter father. I loved thisbook! It brought belle epoque New York to life for me and I learned much thatI didn't know, even though I've lived in the city all my life: camels wereused to mow the lawns in Central Park; Childe Hassam painted many of hiscityscapes from inside a horse-drawn carriage; elevated trains left trails of sparksand ashes on the streets below; oatmeal makes a great floor polish and theorigin of the word skyscraper.It's a hard-to-put down, jam-packed read and, as always, theillustrations and museum reproductions are fabulous - from Butler's painting of theStatue of Liberty to the box of that new candy, Good and Plenty, that Charlottewill take back to France -- a souvenir for Monsieur Monet. Delightful!(5 stars!!)
I am a huge fan of Charlotte in Giverny and Charlotte in Paris-and I have to say this book is my favorite Charlotte yet. Once again we read Charlotte's journal-and her voice is so strong and true one forgets she is a fictionalized character! Of course the period postcards, photographs and lush paintings are all transporting...the author brings a human context to the paintings (we find Charlotte herself in a watercolor by Maurice Prendergast--and she even comes to own a luminous Theodore Butler of the Statue of Liberty...)A beautiful effort on the part of the author and illustrator-I am just delighted by this vibrant, historical, and yet personal journey...the book is a vivid glimpse into a young girl's life in the year 1894...a true success and a glorious read!!!
My daughter has fallen in love with these books and it was our goal to collect the series for her.This clever and beautiful story book encompasses history lessons, geography lessons, art lessons, cooking lessons and French lessons in a wonderfully fun way for a little girl.The creative use of real paintings, old photoes and postcards as the illustrations further enhance the experience of Charlotte's journeys into your own child's world.
Book arrived as promised and in excellent condition.
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