The Hello, Goodbye Window | 
| Author: Norton Juster
Creator: Chris Raschka
Publisher: Michael Di Capua Books
Category: Book
List Price: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  111 reviews
Sales Rank: 555970
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 10.2 x 0.2
ASIN: B0014JOKUM
Publication Date: May 1, 2005
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Product Description
The kitchen window at Nanna and Poppy's house is, for one little girl, a magic gateway. Everything important happens near it, through it, or beyond it. Told in her voice, her story is both a voyage of discovery and a celebration of the commonplace wonders that define childhood. It is also a love song devoted to that special relationship between grandparents and grandchild.
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 Didn't care for it. August 24, 2008
I just don't particularly like it, and neither do my children. The story isn't interesting and the illustrations aren't engaging. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone, and since my copy just takes up space on our bookshelf, I will probably donate it to the next church fund raiser. After all, it's in perfect condition.
 Like the story, not so sure about the illustrations August 3, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
They just aren't my preferred style.
I like that the little girl is biracial, and that her grandparents are a biracial couple, that's always good to see (especially when it isn't A Very Big Deal). And I do like the way the colors in the book pop out. Not sure I like how it's done, though.
At any rate, it's a well-written story, full of just the sort of details you'd expect a five-year-old narrator to put in, and it's clear that everybody in this family loves each other very much. Definitely check it out.
window review June 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A sweet, simple book about the joys of grandma's house, expressed from a child's perspective.
 Not a Good Book May 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this book because of the glowing reviews, but was most disappointed by both the illustrations, which were too loosely drawn to almost make the images unrecognizable, and the story which was of little note in that it wasn't interesting, fun, or insightful.
 Builds Connections Between a Grandchild and Grandparents April 23, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Two generations ago, many grandchildren grew up enjoying daily contact with at least one set of grandparents. In our wildly spread-out families today, grandparents are more likely to jet in for a brief visit. How can a grandchild hope to appreciate the special relationship that can be had with supportive, loving grandparents? The Hello, Goodbye Window can help.
In this book, grandparents are on center stage while parents recede into the working background. That's a nice change of focus for a start.
But these aren't remote grandparents, these are caring grandparents who pay a lot of attention and are always around. Any child would feel much more secure thinking about this concept of extended family.
The illustrations are spectacular: They could have been done by a gifted youngster (reminding me of Picasso's comment of how hard it is to make art like a child is) which makes the pages more accessible to a young grandchild.
I particularly like the way many of the skin hues didn't make you immediately think of one kind of ethnic background. As a result, many of the illustrations will probably make many young readers feel it's a book with illustrations about people who look like them.
A particular advantage of this book is that it could be used as a model for a child to create his or her own book (along with illustrations) about her or his grandparents and what they all do together. Now wouldn't that be fun!
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