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Owen at the park / Scot Ritchie.

by Ritchie, Scot.

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Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2019.

Parks -- Juvenile fiction.

Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction.

Families -- Juvenile fiction.

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

It's a busy morning in the park. All along the boulevard, families are picnicking and people are napping, playing checkers and reading on the grass. But Owen and his dad are hard at work, raking and mowing the grass. And today, Owen gets to do the best job all on his own. With his dad's encouragement, Owen gathers his courage and goes around to everyone in the park. He tells the families, the checkers players and the readers what he has to do, and they rush off. Finally, when the park is empty, it is the moment Owen has been waiting for. He turns the tap for the sprinkler system, and water cascades over the trees and flower beds. In creating this book, Scot Ritchie was inspired by his trip to the beautiful Tiergarten park in Berlin. Owen at the Park is a sweet story illuminating the small pleasures in everyday life and the excitement of a child taking on new responsibilities.

Canadian fiction, Juvenile.

Preschool picture book.

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