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I Can Hear the Sun (Picture Puffins)
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I Can Hear the Sun (Picture Puffins) Paperback - 1999

by Polacco, Patricia; Polacco, Patricia [Illustrator]

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When a homeless boy finds joy in caring for a gaggle of geese, his hopes are lifted as he struggles for happiness. Full-color illustrations throughout.

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Puffin Books, 1999-10-01. Paperback. New.
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  • Title I Can Hear the Sun (Picture Puffins)
  • Author Polacco, Patricia; Polacco, Patricia [Illustrator]
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Condition New
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1999-10-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 069811857X_new
  • ISBN 9780698118577 / 069811857X
  • Weight 0.37 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.96 x 8.52 x 0.14 in (27.84 x 21.64 x 0.36 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 07 years
  • Grade levels P - 2
  • Reading level 530
  • Themes
    • Topical: Friendship
  • Library of Congress subjects Homeless persons, Listening
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 95032091
  • Dewey Decimal Code E

Summary

Fondo's life is sad and lonely until he meets Stephanie Michele. She takes care of the geese who live on the shore of Lake Merritt, and when Fondo shows up there one day, she lets him help. But now the geese are preparing to fly south for the winter, and Fondo says that they've invited him to join them. Is hope enough to accomplish a miracle? Patricia Polacco masterfully intertwines themes of friendship, homelessness, and faith to create a beautiful modern myth.

First line

It started that summer two years ago, the one that steamed into Oakland like a thief in the night.

From the rear cover

"We could all fly once. We just forgot how. If we'd think hard enough, we'd remember".

Fondo is an orphan. His life is sad and lonely -- until he meets Stephanie Michele. She takes care of the geese who live on the shore of Lake Merritt, and when Fondo shows up there one day, she lets him help. Before long they are a team, working side by side. They are kindred spirits -- they both love the little blind goose who lives by the lake, and they both can hear the sun. But now the geese are preparing to fly south for the winter, and Fondo says that they've invited him to join them. It seems impossible, but sometimes faith and hope are enough to accomplish a miracle.

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Citations

  • Ingram Advance, 10/01/1999, Page 71

About the author

Patricia Polacco (www.patriciapolacco.com) is the beloved New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of over fifty picture books. She visits as many as two hundred classrooms in a single year, not only speaking but listening to the hundreds of children that she meets. Grateful for what teachers have done for her, she is also a popular keynote speaker celebrating teachers everywhere. She lives in Union City, Michigan, where she enjoys speaking to the myriad children who come to visit her and the famous meteor, the object of one of Patricia's best-known stories.

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