The Story of Imelda, Who Was Small

by Morris Lurie and Terry Denton

Book Overview

Imelda is so small that she has to sleep in a shoebox. Worried, her parents take her to a tall doctor who prescribes long foods. But when spaghetti and licorice sticks fail to make Imelda grow, a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395486637
• ISBN13: 9780395486634
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Classic Humorous Bedtime Story

This book has the ability to impart to children the magic and joy there is in the complexity of growing up. It also makes the child's bed a place of comfort and security. The parents are silly yet committed and loving in their search for a solution to Imelda's smallness. Imelda's saddness reaches the children and they empathize with her frustration. The story uses a richness of language that is missing in much of the currently published children's fiction. Reading this story aloud is a pleasure.