Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University | When Catherine the Great and I were eight!

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Keywords

anticipation, beach, bodies of water, car, closeness, community, companion, conflict, conflict resolution, culture, dancing, exercise, family, food, friendship, games, grandparents, immigrants, language, neighbors, newspaper, ocean, patience, picnic, problem solving, recreation, relationship, russian, summer, swimming, travel, verbal communication

Title

When Catherine the Great and I were eight!

Description

Sara, her mother, and Russian grandmother Catherine the Great, pile into Mr. Minsky's car along with a few of their other neighbors. They make their way to the beach to escape the heat of the hot summer day. Although they find it takes longer than planned to reach the beach, everyone has fun along the way.

Author

Best, Cari

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Illustrator

Potter, Giselle

ISBN

0-374-39954-9

City of Publication

New York

Year of Publication

2003

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Heather Tussey, 2005

Citation

Best, Cari, “When Catherine the Great and I were eight!,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 24, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13909.