{"id":33977,"date":"2018-03-10T22:07:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-11T03:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33977"},"modified":"2018-03-10T22:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-11T03:07:48","slug":"review-of-eugenia-lincoln-and-the-unexpected-package-by-kate-dicamillo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33977","title":{"rendered":"Review of Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package, by Kate DiCamillo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Eugenia Lincoln and the Unexpected Package<\/p>\n

Tales from Deckawoo Drive<\/em>, Volume Four<\/p>\n

by Kate DiCamillo
\nillustrated by Chris Van Dusen<\/p>\n

Candlewick Press, 2017. 101 pages.
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

Tales from Deckawoo Drive<\/em> is a spin-off from Kate DiCamillo\u2019s Mercy Watson<\/em> series, telling stories about the other people who live on Deckawoo Drive. I haven\u2019t read them all, but I wasn\u2019t lacking any knowledge I needed to thoroughly enjoy this one.<\/p>\n

Eugenia Lincoln is an elderly lady who lives down the street from Mercy Watson, with her sister, Baby Lincoln. Here is how she\u2019s described when the book opens:<\/p>\n

Eugenia Lincoln was a practical person, a sensible person. She did not have time for poetry, geegaws, whoop-de-whoops, or frivolity.<\/p>\n

She believed in attending to the task at hand.<\/p>\n

Eugenia Lincoln believed in Getting Things Done.<\/p>\n

Baby Lincoln, Eugenia\u2019s younger sister, loved poetry, geegaws, and whoop-de-whoops of every sort and variety.<\/p>\n

She was especially fond of frivolity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are diametrically opposed,\u201d said Eugenia to Baby. \u201cYou are woefully impractical. I am supremely practical.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then, one day, an unexpected package arrives with Eugenia\u2019s name on it.<\/p>\n

Naturally, there\u2019s plenty of fuss and bother and speculation about opening the package. Inside is an accordion! Baby Lincoln has heard that they can be a pathway to great joy.<\/p>\n

But Eugenia wants none of it! She tries to send the accordion back with no luck. She places an ad to try to give it away. Instead, a colorful character comes to her door planning to give her accordion lessons.<\/p>\n

One thing leads to another \u2013 all in very silly ways \u2013 and it turns out that Eugenia Lincoln has a natural gift for accordion playing.<\/p>\n

This is a wonderful beginning chapter book with an engaging story that rewards discovery, not too many words on a page, and plenty of pictures throughout. And it\u2019s always a delight to read about a curmudgeon set on a pathway to great joy.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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