Hall, Donald

Old Home Day

New York: Browndeer Press, [Harcourt], 1996. Illustrated by Emily Arnold McCully. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket.

No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. For Ages 7-9.


A fictional history of a New England town celebrates the cycles of growth, change, and renewal, as the town of Blackwater prospers, goes through a decline, and then prospers again, when everyone comes back to visit on "Old Home Day."

The ordinary events in the daily lives of the town's inhabitants become extraordinary through text that is at once direct and simple, yet lyrical and poetic.

McCully's watercolors expand on the story by providing fascinating details and by capturing the bucolic atmosphere through the seasons and over centuries.

Readers will be rewarded with an absorbing window into the life of a village. The author's appended note adds both a personal touch and historical perspective

Item #15580
ISBN: 0152768963

Price: $35.00