All Those Secrets of the World

by Jane Yolen

Book Overview

When four-year-old Janie's father goes off to war, the rest of the family moves to the grandparents' on the Chesapeake Bay, where Janie learns a secret of the world which helps her understand her... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316968919
• ISBN13: 9780316968911
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Little Brown and Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.0" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A Touching and Thoughtful story...

This was a wonderful book! It is a simple story about a little girl coping with the absence of her father during WWII. The secrets she learns about the world around her can help us all to appreciate life and its many blessings! The pictures make this the perfect read aloud book! I hope you enjoy this book as much as my class did!

Beautiful, engaging book

IThis book is about a 4 year old girl whose father goes goes off to fight in World War II. While he is gone, Janie's cousin teaches her a lesson about perception and how things appear small the farther away that they are. When Janie's father comes home 2 years later, she echoes this lesson in his ear when he iis holding his daughter and comments on how big she has gotten. She says she was small when he was far away, and now that he is close, she seems big. This is a heartwarming and touching book, and what I especially loved were the beautiful watercolor illustrations that reflect the setting and time period of the story. I highly recommend recommend this story for children of many ages.