Your House, My House
by Marianne Dubuc (Author) Marianne Dubuc (Illustrator)
There's no neighborhood like a Marianne Dubuc neighborhood --- this time in an apartment building! It's a special day at 3 Maple Street. It's Little Rabbit's birthday!
His mother makes him his favorite breakfast. His sister has drawn him a picture. And, best of all, he's having a birthday party! His friends are invited, his father is decorating, and his mother is baking a cake. But that's not the only thing going on at 3 Maple Street today. The Cat family is moving in upstairs ... the Fox family is having a new baby ... Mr. Owl is trying to sleep ... there's so much happening inside (and outside) this lively building, it's hard to keep track!
This multilayered picture book from international award-winning Marianne Dubuc allows readers to peer into the homes of all the charming animal families in the building on every spread. Though there is one main story, captured in the text, there are multitudes of other stories-within-the-story, told in visual narratives.
Dubuc's winsome one-of-a-kind illustrations include heaps of clever details for children to pore over, promising something new to discover with every look and encouraging visual literacy in readers and prereaders. There are terrific social studies connections here on the concepts of community, inclusiveness and belonging.
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Publishers Weekly
This day-in-the-life tale takes place in a modest apartment building seen in Richard Scarry-style cutaways. Sweetly tinted spreads by Dubuc (Up the Mountain Path) show three floors of flats, plus an attic garret and storage, all of whose line-drawn inhabitants are busy with their own, sometimes intersecting story arcs. On the ground floor, preparations are ongoing for Little Rabbit's birthday. Second-floor inhabitant Mr. Bear spends the day in bed with a cold (a canine doctor comes and goes), and a cat family moves into floor three. The animals, including some natural predator-prey pairs, live in harmony alongside one another. When Little Rabbit's sister burns the birthday cake, it's no trouble ("Mama Rabbit makes another cake and pops it in the oven"), floor two's Little Fox stays with the Rabbit family while his sibling is born, and Little Rabbit's party is gaily attended by almost all of the neighbors (unwell Mr. Bear is brought a slice of cake). Small moments and incidents, including insect appearances and outdoor fairy tale shenanigans, have a gentle cumulative effect. This book will prompt contented rereads and conversations about neighbors, sharing, and community. Ages 3-7. Agent: Veronique Kirchoff, VeroK Agency. (Oct.)
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