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Cardboard
By TenNapel, Doug
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- ISBN
- 978-0-54541-187-0 978-0-54541-187-7
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- Scholastic Graphix
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2012 | Elementary and Junior High
Gr 4-6–Cam’s unemployed father can only afford a cardboard box for his son’s birthday present. However, this cardboard is special: it animates itself. A cardboard boxer becomes a man called Bill, a magic cardboard machine actually spits out new pieces of magic cardboard, and a figure of Cam’s dead mother chastises his father for not moving on. This...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
Cam Howerton's out-of-work father is so broke, the best he can do for Cam's birthday is an empty cardboard box purchased from a toy seller with two mysterious rules: return every unused scrap of cardboard and don't ask for any more. "Worst present in the history of birthdays," thinks Mr. Howerton, but the box becomes a project. What should father and son make out of the box? "A boxer," Cam suggests. So, as with Rabbi Loew...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
