We Were Tired of Living in a House

by Liesel Moak Skorpen and Joe Cepeda

Book Overview

Sometimes, living in a house can be tiresome. So these siblings pack a bag and take a hike, to find another place. From a treehouse to a raft, a cave to a sandcastle—each place seems perfect to them.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399230165
• ISBN13: 9780399230165
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 2 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

beauty

The best thing about this book is the original drawings done by Doris Burn. This new edition loses a lot of the magic and nostalgia that the original had. I love the story, love the rhythm but the original is 100 times superior to this one.

Still Wonderful After All These Years!

I adored this book as a child, I'm now in my 40's and still love it. My children have loved it and now I'm buying it for my niece. I have a very old and well preserved copy, but can't wait to see the new printed version. A wonderful adventure story for kids of all ages and a reminder of how nice it is to come home!

WE LOVED IT A LOT!

My twins are 7, my "baby" is 5, my oldest is 8 yearsold, and we love this book very much! .... ...beautiful illustrations by Doris Burn which featured 2 boys and 2 girls, like my own household. WE LOVE IT! .... It is priceless! from Lauren, Jacob, Leah and Alex's mom in North Carolina

Lyrical, memorable, enduring....

This book was one of my favorites as a child. I am glad to see that it is still in print. We just moved into a HOUSE when our twins came along. And we brought along a frog, "who is a particular friend" although this one is plastic and guards our front door. So I'm purchasing this book to see the new illustrations, although the original illustrations were favorites of mine. Thankfully I still have my childhood copy as well.

My all-time favorite children's book!

As a child I would read this wonderful book and let my imagination carry me away. I loved the ideas of not living in a house and filling my bags with treasures. "We Were Tired of Living in a House" inspired most of my backyard adventures, especially the ones in my treehouse. This book delights me still and I am thrilled to find it back in print. I have looked for it for years, hoping that someday my own children would read this book and feel its magic. My old copy's spine broke and the pages fell out because I read it so much as a child. It spent the past 10 years in storage because of its delicate condition but I missed its simple and beautiful message. When I moved recently, I decided that no matter what shape it was in, it was meant to be savored. I love it so much that I read it to my husband twice last week! I am grateful from the bottom of my heart for the reprint of such a treasure.