Hey, AlHey, Al
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Book, 1986
Current format, Book, 1986, First edition, Available .Book, 1986
Current format, Book, 1986, First edition, Available . Offered in 0 more formatsA city janitor and his treasured canine companion are transported by a large colorful bird to an island in the sky, where their comfortable paradise existence threatens to turn them into birds as well.
Al, a janitor, and Eddie, his dog, live together in a single room on the West Side until they are offered a new life in paradise by a mysterious bird, but they soon discover that the sky island paradise is not what they expected
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem?
Thier room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at eachothers throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they decide to accept.
Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, Al and Eddie are soon living a life of ease and luxury. But they come to find that the grass can be a little too green on the other side. After a dramatic, nearly tragic escape from their paradise prison, both man and dog agree: there really is no place like home. Hey, Al is the winner of the 1987 Caldecott Medal.
Al, a janitor, and Eddie, his dog, live together in a single room on the West Side until they are offered a new life in paradise by a mysterious bird, but they soon discover that the sky island paradise is not what they expected
Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So what's the problem?
Thier room is crowded and cramped; their life is an endless struggle. Al and Eddie are practically at eachothers throats when a large and mysterious bird offers them a new life in paradise. After some debate, they decide to accept.
Transported to a gorgeous island in the sky, Al and Eddie are soon living a life of ease and luxury. But they come to find that the grass can be a little too green on the other side. After a dramatic, nearly tragic escape from their paradise prison, both man and dog agree: there really is no place like home. Hey, Al is the winner of the 1987 Caldecott Medal.
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- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [1986], ©1986
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