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Alena & the Favorite Thing.


Alena & the Favorite Thing

Eric B. Anderson, author

Jakub Kuzma, illustrator

Edgecliff Press

9066 Long Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45231

9780979865930, $13.95 www.alenabooks.com

Alena & the Favorite Thing is a softcover soft·cov·er  
adj.
Not bound between hard covers: softcover books; a softcover edition. 
 children's picturebook about the loving bond between a young girl and her father, smoothly illustrated in a very distinctive, cartoony style. Alena's Poppa pop·pa  
n.
Variant of papa.
 has lost her favorite thing, but he can't quite remember what it is, and asks his daughter to help him find it. Alena and her faithful teddy bear search every place both real and imaginary Imaginary can refer to:
  • Imaginary (sociology), a concept in sociology
  • Imaginary number, a concept in mathematics
  • Imaginary time, a concept in physics
  • Imagination, a mental faculty
  • Object of the mind, an object of the imagination
  • Imaginary enemy
 to find Poppa's favorite thing--which turns out to be nothing less than her joyful joy·ful  
adj.
Feeling, causing, or indicating joy. See Synonyms at glad1.



joyful·ly adv.
 smile! A delightful story book especially recommended for fathers and daughters to share.
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Date:Sep 1, 2008
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