<div dir="ltr"><div>Except for the parade, this reminds me of Ellen Raskin's Figg's and Phantoms. </div><div> </div><div>book description from www.amazon.com--</div><div> </div><div>"Mona has the most unusual family in town-and the most notorious. While she hates all the attention her eccentric relatives bring to her, there is one Figg family member she likes: her uncle Florence, the book dealer. But Uncle Florence keeps hinting that he's going to find his way to Capri, the Figg family heaven. And that means leaving Mona behind. Can Mona find Capri before it's too late, or will she learn that things are seldom what they seem when books are involved?"</div>
<div> </div><div>Best--</div><div>Jane Cothron</div><div>South Beach, Oregon<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:37 PM, BEAR Pattiebuff <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pbear@springfield-or.gov" target="_blank">pbear@springfield-or.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" vlink="purple" link="blue"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Any ideas what the title of this book might be?<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patron writes:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Wanted to give you a brief summary of the children's book<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am looking forward to finding.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My kids read in around 1978 or 1979.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Setting is a small town in the Midwest. The town is preparing for its<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">annual parade and summer celebration.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The main character is a little girl around 7 or 8 and her<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">
mother insists she take tap dancing lessons in order<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">to perform at the annual event.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">She hates practiciing and would rather spend time with<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">her uncle. Her uncle is very tall and takes her daily to<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">the town book store. Puts her on his shoulders and she<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">gets to touch and look at the first editions on the top<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">shelf.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Newton or Fig Newton or the the town is called Newton is<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">in my memory.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Pattiebuff Bear<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Youth Services Librarian<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Early Literacy Specialist<u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><a href="tel:541-726-2243" target="_blank" value="+15417262243">541-726-2243</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif""><a href="mailto:pbear@springfield-or.gov" target="_blank">pbear@springfield-or.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:rgb(79,98,40);font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"">Springfield Public Library<u></u><u></u></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://wheremindsgrow.org/" target="_blank">wheremindsgrow.org</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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