From the Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal - the book that inspired the film! One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.; ...
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From the Winner of the 2004 Newbery Medal - the book that inspired the film! One summer's day, ten-year-old India Opal Buloni goes down to the local supermarket for some groceries - and comes home with a dog. But Winn-Dixie is no ordinary dog. It's because of Winn-Dixie that Opal begins to make friends. And it's because of Winn-Dixie that she finally dares to ask her father about her mother, who left when Opal was three. In fact, as Opal admits, just about everything that happens that summer is because of Winn-Dixie.; Includes 8 pages of full-colour photographs from the Twentieth-Century Fox film, starring Jeff Daniels.
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DeCamillo knows how to tell a story for children and this was her first (2000) and received a Newbury Award. But a problem is her heroine, a delightful kid, when asked, says she know what the Civil War was about: "slavery" and a nice lady who befriends her adds "but also about States' Rights and money." And there is more: a description of the bad Yankees and good Rebs. The only "States' rights" the Civil War was about was the right to own slaves, so I can't recommend the book.
cimbell
Feb 1, 2008
kid's book
I am recommending this book because it is the 1st chapter book my son read. It is a book that he read on his own and according to him it was a great book about a girl and her dog. He started reading it and finished it the next day. I was impressed because he usually is not interested in reading.
