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Roxaboxen

Alice McLerran

Paperback | Pages: 32 pages

Rating: 4.41 | 5345 Users | 343 Reviews

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Original Title:	Roxaboxen
ISBN:	0060526335 (ISBN13: 9780060526337)
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Setting:	Arizona(United States)

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From two-time Caldecott Medal-winning illustrator Barbara Cooney and celebrated children’s book author Alice McLerran comes Roxaboxen, a treasured story about the magic of a child’s imagination. This picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children. Marian called it Roxboxen. There across the road, it looked like any rocky hill—nothing but sand and rocks, and some old wooden boxes. But it was a special place. And all children needed to go there was a long stick and a soaring imagination. “A celebration of the transforming magic of the imagination. An original.” —ALA Booklist

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Title	:	Roxaboxen
Author	:	Alice McLerran
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 32 pages
Published	:	April 13th 2004 by HarperCollins (first published April 22nd 1991)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books

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Children don't need toys. At least not the ones that come from stores. That's the message of this book. The best toys and games are the ones that use the imagination. This little group of kids demonstrated this perfectly. This book reads like a memoir of their imaginative play, and it's not hard to believe that adults that had enjoyed this kind of ongoing pretend for so long would remember well, decades later, all of its contours and particulars.

Logan (age 6.5) liked this book (3 stars) and I absolutely loved it (5 stars); hence the 4 stars. I so enjoy Cooney's ilustrations in any book, and this is no exception. It's a simple story, without much action. A group of neighborhood kids in what looks to be the 1920s create a community they call Roxaboxen (no doubt from the fact that it's made up mostly of rocks and boxes) on a hill in their SW desert neighborhood. There are houses and stores (outlined in white rocks or "desert glass"), a

My daughter liked this book enough to ask me to read it two times, but I'm the one who really likes it. It gives me sentimental chills. This nostalgic tale of childhood is something I could relate to, but my daughter could also relate to it quite well, which goes to show that as much as things have changed in the past generation, some universal truths of childhood never change.

I dont know if Ive ever read a book that captured this time of childhood so well, written with exactly the important details that you almost had forgotten the importance of as an adult, but make it all come rushing back with joy. When Will read it to the kids he said it almost made him cry. Nostalgic, warm, and beautiful.

I dont know if Ive ever read a book that captured this time of childhood so well, written with exactly the important details that you almost had forgotten the importance of as an adult, but make it all come rushing back with joy. When Will read it to the kids he said it almost made him cry. Nostalgic, warm, and beautiful.

A magical book ... for me, the parent! Evokes so many sensations, pictures, smells. The title page immediately took me to Anza Borrego Desert, a California State Park, at the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains. This is where I first experienced the pittoresque ocotillo plants and other colorful cacti in bloom. Subsequent pages made my mind wonder out to New Mexico, Santa Fe, and suddenly I was thinking of Georgia O'Keeffe. It's not that Barbara Cooney's drawing style is all that similar, but

Imaginative play. Out-of-doors. I bet that a small percentage of kids in today's world have the opportunity for such a wonderful experience. This story may give them some ideas for their own play. I don't read the last pages to the younger kids; it's not of interest to them. We end with:"And so it went.The seasons changed, and the years went by.Roxaboxen was always there."