Book Descriptions

for Henry David's House by Steven Schnur, Peter Fiore, and Henry David Thoreau

From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)

With words taken from Thoreau’s own journal, this quiet and observant picture book offers young readers the natural world as Thoreau experienced it—acutely. Steven Schnur has chosen entries from Thoreau’s journals in which he describes building his house on Walden Pond, and then a sampling of what he saw there through the seasons. “We can never have enough of Nature,” Thoreau stated. That sentiment concludes this picture book illustrated with serene, full-page watercolor paintings. (Ages 7-10)

CCBC Choices 2003 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 2003. Used with permission.

From the Publisher

Peter Fiore's paintings echo the richness young Henry David Thoreau saw around him at Walden Pond in splashes of color and emotion. Includes an Editor's Note on Thoreau's life, and information on Walden Pond today. Illustrations.

Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.