Marvelous Cornelius: Hurricane Katrina and the Spirit of New Orleans

by Phil Bildner

Book Overview

In New Orleans, there lived a man who saw the streets as his calling, and he swept them clean. He danced up one avenue and down another and everyone danced along. The old ladies whistled and whirled. The old men hooted and hollered. The barbers, bead twirlers, and beignet bakers bounded behind that one-man parade. But then came the rising Mississippi--and a storm greater than anyone had seen before. In this heartwarming book about a real garbage man,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1452125783
• ISBN13: 9781452125787
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 44 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.3" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3