Hurry Home, Candy: Meindert De Jong ; Pictures by Maurice Sendak (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

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Summary: Forty years later
Review: Hurry Home Candy was such a significant read of my childhood - the fear of abandonment and the joy of being loved experienced and retold through the emotions of a dog! A special book,timeless,universal themes sharply observed and wonderfully illustrated. I recommend for all grown up children who enjoyed Hurry Home Candy to read the recently published "Timoleon Vieta Come Home" by Dan Rhodes - Canongate Books 2003. ISBN 1 84195 389 X. This book is special too. Check it out.

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Summary: left a life-long impression
Review: I first read this book in junior high school, some 25 years ago, and it affected me deeply then as much as now. A wonderful book for children of all ages to learn compassion for animals, it will make you cry with both sadness and joy for all the trials that little Candy goes through. I am so pleased to finally have my own copy from Amazon.com and will definitely use it in my classroom as a teacher.

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Summary: Loved it!
Review: I first read this book in junior high. It is now thirty some years later and I am ordering it to read again. I am sure that my children will enjoy and remember it like I have. This is a "must read" for anyone who loves animals.

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Summary: The Best
Review: I found this book in the school library when I was in 3rd grade. Upon reading it, it became my favourite book of all time (still is.) Even as an adult I would go to the kids' section of the library and check this book out every year or two. I haven't read it in a long time, but am looking forward to owning it now. I named my cat after the dog in this book. This is a great story for sensitive, animal-loving children.

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Summary: left a life-long impression
Review: I read this book when I was in third grade (25 years ago). Unlike many books I read as a child, I've never re-read this but have always meant to. Part of the reason I've never read it is that I always forget the title. Someone on my children's literature list knew the book and I made it a point to write it down right away. The other reason I haven't re-read it as an adult is that I've never come across a used copy at a yard sale, book store, etc. Maybe nobody ever wants to part with theirs! Honestly, all I remember from reading this book was it is about a lost dog. But it made such an impression on me as a child. It really moved me in the way that Black Beauty moved me. And the memory of the feelings the story envoked have lasted with me always. I look forward to finally re-visiting this little gem.

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Summary: Katelin From Richview Middle School
Review: This book is a very very adventurous book . The dog in the story is lost and goes to many different places to find his home. When the dog goes out to get something or play he is always in a different place that he does'nt now where he is. this book is kinda like a mystery. This book has many different steps to it and the dog and the different kinds of people that keep the dog and then loses the dog. The dog starts out with a family with two kids, agirl and a boy. The dog goes to the kids grandparents house and gets lost. That's the first time the dog gets lost. Then the dog found an old lady and she took the dog in, later the lady had a wreck with her horse and the dog walk over to the other side of the road. The then goes to the pound and an old man gets the dog. Find out if the dog gets lost again by reading the book.