Junk day on Juniper Street, and other easy-to-read stories.

by Lilian Moore

The book is in Very Good condition. The covers, pages and binding are in great condition. The cover shows a shelf wear and some of the pages are straight and clean. Might have a few small dog ears. Nothing that would take away for the book. Great book. These books are all protected with shrink-wrapping for quality assurance.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

About the author

Lilian Moore grew up in New York, received a degree in teaching from Hunter College, and did graduate work at Columbia University. She attended college during the Depression, so job opportunities were few. She worked for the Bureau of Educational Research, helping children who could not read in their Reading Clinic. Ms. Moore was also a reading specialist for the New York Board of Education. She trained teachers and did extensive research into reading difficulties.

She was the editor of Scholastic's first paperback book club, the Arrow Book Club, beginning in 1957. As she said, "Imagine making it possible for these youngsters to choose and buy good books for the price of comics!" She was an editor at Wonder Books, Thomas Y. Crowell, and contributor to Humpty Dumpty magazine.

In addition, Ms. Moore was a founding member of the Council on Interracial Books for Children. Ms. Moore died on July 20, 2004, at the age of 95.

She is best known for her poetry and easy-to-read books.

Reviews

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

I guess it's kinda dated, but man I would have loved it when I was a child. I was probably just about exactly the right age & interest level, too (though the reading level was likely a little too easy). It doesn't look like a leveled reader, but is rather a nice substantial anthology that will make a young learner proud to have read through, and will give her a lot of smiles, too.

[Adam Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had this book as a child and remembered liking it. So I bought a copy. I had forgotten that it is a story collection. The title story, Junk Day On Juniper Street, is great fun, and a couple of the other stories are too, especially The Peanut Butter Sandwich, The House That Nobody Wanted, and Grown-Ups Are Funny. The others are...less good. But enjoying more than half a story collection is a pretty good win.

[Sharon Barrow Wilfong · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this by accident in a church library. They let me keep it. Fun collection of stories that are simple yet fun for the youngest reader.

[Cathey Nickell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this chapter book hundreds of times as a child back in the 1960s. I loved it! Did you? (My original copy, which I still have, has a different cover).

[Tay]

Ed’s favorite book from childhood.

[Rachel Coyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

A light-hearted delight

[Roger · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this mainly for Arnold Lobel’s illustrations, and there are a few I liked especially. The stories were okay, but not especially funny or memorable.

[Sherilyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

On of my favorite childrens books