The Lost and Found

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Summary: It's easy to get lost in this Lost and Found!
Review: "You can't get lost in the Lost and Found," Mona and Wendell told him [Floyd], but they no longer sounded so sure (from "The Lost and Found," by Mark Teague).

I just read "The Lost and Found" to a group of 3rd and 4th graders who selected it from a batch of new books we just added to our elementary school library. They sat totally engaged in this fantastic journey into the world at the bottom of a school lost and found.

Since our school lost and found is located just outside our library, I often see children--and parents--lost in a fantasy world as they peruse all the missing items in there. In many ways, I was reminded of the dress-up box my parents had when I was a child. You could just pick up a hat, gloves or an old shirt and be mentally transported to another place or time. Mark Teague builds very effectively on this imaginative tendency in children.

Our 3rd and 4th graders had a brief discussion on the concepts of fiction or non-fiction, and realistic or fantasy, at the conclusion of this story. I'm sure your children will enjoy this as much as our group did. Just don't get lost in the lost and found!

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Summary: Very cute, imaginative story
Review: Don't know why anyone would not give this one 5 stars?

Great book about imagination and friendship!

Get it via used books in good condition - then it's a GREAT buy!

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Summary: a family favorite
Review: What a delightful book! Lush illustrations throughout the story-- That one page is always good for an impromptu game of "I spy"-- great for boys or girls. Both of my kids-- 5 and 3-- love to hear this story over and over.