![]() ![]() ![]() Drawn from her mother's reminiscences, McLerran's gentle text is both particular and universal, as she fondly tells this evocative story-``Of course, if you broke the speed limit you had to go to jail. They make houses, drive pretend cars, bake bread, ride stick ponies, fight their wars and bury their dead. Marian and her friends find a ``special place'' in the desert where in time-honored fashion, they play the games that will prepare them for their grown-up lives. Roxaboxen celebrates the imagination of children who, no matter the time or place, can create whole worlds out of what they find around them-here, rocks and boxes, cacti and sand. ![]()
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