{"id":2542,"date":"2017-11-29T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/2017\/11\/the-raft\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T20:20:00","slug":"the-raft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2017\/11\/the-raft\/","title":{"rendered":"The Raft"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jim LaMarche, with full-color illustrations by Jim LaMarche<\/span> – HarperCollins, 2000<\/em> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nicky, who looks about 8 or 9, thinks he will be bored and lonely when he must spend the summer alone with his grandmother in her rustic cottage in the woods. He gradually changes his mind, though, when she introduces him to rafting on the river and appreciating the wildlife that seems mysteriously attracted to the raft.<\/p>\n

In her rolled-up jeans and artist\u2019s smock, with her white hair tucked into a straw hat, the grandmother is a free spirit, completely comfortable with herself. She carves a large, wooden bear head and pins her many sketches, and Nicky\u2019s, on the walls. Obviously agile and comfortable on a raft or inner tube, she\u2019s a self-described \u201criver rat.\u201d Her intimacy with nature extends to human nature; she\u2019s wise enough to let things (and grandsons) bloom in their own time.
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\nLush illustrations make this book a real charmer, especially for kids interested in animals or drawing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nicky, who looks about 8 or 9, thinks he will be bored and lonely when he must spend the summer alone with his grandmother in her rustic cottage in the woods.<\/p>\n

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