MOVING THE MILLERS’ MINNIE MOORE MINE MANSION: A True Story, by Dave Eggers and Júlia Sardà, Candlewick, June 6, 2023, Hardcover, $19.99 (ages 4-8)
A true story gets the tall-tale treatment in Dave Eggers’ delightful Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion.
It all started when John “Minnie” Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local lass named Annie and built her a mansion, hence the “Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion.” After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked — losing all but the mansion — she and her son took to raising pigs in the yard, as some are wont to do. But the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie and her crew would remove the whole mansion instead — rolling it away slowly on logs — while she and her son were still living in it? —Synopsis provided by Candlewick
Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion is the kind of book you just have to pick up. From its tongue-twister title to its stylized illustrations, it’s one that’s fun to read from beginning to end.
There’s a special kind of energy to Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion that makes you want to dig it. Eggers’ phrasing makes it a joy to read aloud and Júlia Sardà’s lively artwork begs to be explored.
I can easily see this book being read on repeat at home, and there are lots of fun applications in the classroom.
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