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Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair Hardcover - 1996
by Patricia Polacco
How much TV is too much TV? The author tackles this timely question with her trademark humor and folksy charm in this fresh and funny parable. When Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip, who refuses to own a TV, discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town--using the books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading. Full color.
Summary
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night. They watch it when they're eating, working, playing, and sleeping. They even use TVs to teach the kids at school. But when Eli's eccentric Aunt Chip (who refuses to own a TV) discovers that her nephew and her neighbors don't remember how to read, she pulls the plug on the whole town?using books that have been piled high to build a dam to spread the magic of reading all around.
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- Title Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair
- Author Patricia Polacco
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 40
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Philomel Books, New York
- Date 1996-03-19
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780399229435 / 0399229434
- Weight 0.98 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 11.28 x 8.87 x 0.39 in (28.65 x 22.53 x 0.99 cm)
- Ages 06 to 09 years
- Grade levels 1 - 4
- Reading level 510
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Themes
- Theometrics: Secular
- Topical: Family
- Library of Congress subjects Television, Books and reading
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95010112
- Dewey Decimal Code E
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Citations
- Booklist, 04/15/1996, Page 1446
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1996, Page 271
- School Library Journal, 05/01/1996, Page 96
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