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Author Van Allsburg, Chris, author, artist.

Title The sweetest fig / Chris van Allsburg.

Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1993.

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department  J PIC. BK VAN    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library – Children’s Picture Book Collection  JE VAN ALLSBURG    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Department  JE VAN ALLSBURG    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Children's Department  STEP_UP JE VAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Children's Department  J PICTURE BOOK VAN ALLSBURG    DUE 05-11-24
 Cheshire Public Library - Children's Department  J E VAN ALLSBURG    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Children's Department  JP VAN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Children's Department  E ORANGE VANALLSB c.2  Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department  J PBOR VAN ALLSBURG c.3  Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department  J VAN ALLSBURG    Check Shelf

Description 29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Note Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
Audience 530 Lexile.
Summary After being given two magical figs that make his dreams come true, Monsieur Bibot sees his plans for future wealth upset by his long-suffering dog.
Awards Texas Bluebonnet Award.
Study Program Accelerated Reader Lower Grade 3.7 0.5 Kilgore Intermediate.
Subject Dreams -- Juvenile fiction.
Magic -- Juvenile fiction.
Dogs -- Juvenile fiction.
Dreams -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
Dogs. (OCoLC)fst00896265
Dreams. (OCoLC)fst01198490
Magic. (OCoLC)fst01005468
Fig -- Fiction.
Dreams -- Fiction.
Magic -- Fiction.
Dogs -- Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Dogs.
JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams.
JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic.
Magic.
Dreams -- Fiction.
Dogs.
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Dust jackets (Binding) -- 1993.
Added Author Houghton Mifflin Company, publisher.
ISBN 0395673461
9780395673461
0758737386
0329044710
9780758737380
9780329044718
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