基本信息出版社：Harcourt Children's Books
页码：56 页
出版日期：2005年03月
ISBN：0152051848
International Standard Book Number：0152051848
条形码：9780152051846
EAN：9780152051846
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语

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Imogene Poplar, Private Eye, is on a hot case. Her friend Oliver K. Woodman is missing, and she's tracking him across the glorious US of A. A baseball game in Green River, a rodeo in Seattle, a razzmatazz jazz blow in Chicago--there are clues and adventures in every city. But Imogene, like Oliver, is made of wood, so she needs help getting around. Friendly folks of all sorts guide her from South Carolina clear out to Alaska!

Where will Oliver's trail lead Imogene next? Read the letters. Follow the map. Then see if you can guess the elusive wooden man's next move.

作者简介 DARCY PATTISON, the author of picture books and novels for young readers, teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas, Conway. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas.

JOE CEPEDA is the award-winning illustrator of many popular books for children. He lives in Whittier, California.

编辑推荐 Praise for The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman:
[star] "Wonderful . . . All geography lessons should be this much fun."
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
[star] "A mini-quest complete with adventure, danger, and suspense. Youngsters
will delight in the whimsy."--The Bulletin (starred review)
"Picture book-perfect."--The Horn Book

专业书评 From Booklist

K-Gr. 2. Oliver K. Woodman is on the road again in this jaunty sequel to Pattison and Cepeda's earlier collaboration, The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (2003). But this time Oliver is being shadowed by the indefatigable Imogene Poplar, a private detective made--like her quarry--of wood. As in the first book, children have an opportunity to follow the twists and turns on the respective journeys through a series of notes and letters sent by folks who have helped one or the other of the travelers. This makes for a highly episodic and, frankly, not very dramatic story, but Cepeda's witty, double-page pictures more than make up for deficiencies in the text, and the luscious colors in his oil palette look good enough to eat. Geography teachers will welcome the endpaper maps of the U.S. that chart Imogene and Oliver's journey. Michael Cart
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From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2–Another delightful offering about the famous American traveler introduced in The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt, 2003). Here, the wooden gentleman was heading toward the West Coast, but seems to have disappeared. Two months without a word prods his creator, Uncle Ray, and his niece, Tameka, to get help from Paige Hall, a newspaper reporter. After two more weeks without a sighting, Uncle Ray hires Imogene Poplar, private investigator, to track the fellow down. With the aid of concerned citizens, Imogene is close on Oliver's trail, but is always a bit too late to catch up with him. The travels take the pair separately through New York City; Hershey, PA; Chicago, and Sioux Falls, SD. Postcards, letters, and newspaper articles relate Imogene's experiences, while the full-spread, oil-over-acrylic paintings deftly convey the memorable events along the way. Humorous details throughout highlight the adventure, and the burgeoning romance between Uncle Ray and Paige makes an interesting subplot. Key cities and the direction of the journey are cited on the endpapers. The delightful conclusion neatly reunites the cast of characters, culminating in a most satisfying tale.–Maryann H. Owen, Racine Public Library, WI
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