Lentil

By Robert McCloskey

Book Overview

For use in schools and libraries only. With the use of his harmonica, Lentil saves the day for the town.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670423572
• ISBN13: 9780670423576
• Release Date: January 1968
• Publisher: Viking Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.2" x 0.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

Family favorite

Give this book to a boy (along with a Harmonica - of course) and he will LOVE it.

Lentil and Robert McCloskey

As a retired preschool/ daycare administrator I never hesitate to say that McCloskey is one the all-time great writers . Lentil has always been one of the best books to read at story time . You can't go wrong with buying this story for your favorite 4 or 5 year old, but even my 9 year old grandsons love this tale, and it got them interested in playing a harmonica!

lovely book and character training

This is a lovely story set in a town in Ohio during the '40s. Lentil learns to play a harmonica and there are sweet scenes of small town life as well as a marching band. My 3.5 year old son loves this book, along with all of McCloskey's books. What has been wonderful for us about this book is the character of "Old Sneep", who grumbles and does mean things. This has really hit home with my son regarding our teaching of having a joyful heart and not complaining. Great literature at its best.

Excellent book for a musically inclined child.

This is an excellent book for the musically inclined child whose singing voice is a little less than melodious. In the book, the vocally challenged Lentil finds his mantra through the harmonica and ends up saving the day with it. My father gave me this book along with a harmonica when I was seven years old in response to my wobbly warbling, and I've been playing harmonica and many other instruments ever since. I just can't 'harp' enough on how great of inspiration this book was to me and could be for other vocally vexed children. -stephen