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Bad Day at Riverbend is a 1995 children's book by American writer Chris Van Allsburg. Plot. At first, the book, takes a different format in black and white. On a quiet day at the Western town of Riverbend, local sheriff Ned Hardy sees a bright light across the hill.
Oct 30, 1995 · Sheriff Ned Hardy presides over the town of Riverbend where nothing ever happens — no one ever comes to Riverbend and on one ever leaves. Until one day, the stagecoach pulls into town covered in a greasy slime.
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Oct 30, 1995 · Get immersed in the worlds of Chris Van Allsburg. The ants are tired of their humdrum life in the same ant hole, so they’re off to the strange new world of a kitchen in search of sugar crystals for their queen. When two ants stay behind and take a nap in the sugar bowl, they are in for a wild ride.
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- Houghton Mifflin
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- 41 sec
Soon the stagecoach pulls into town. Instead of their usual black-and-white outlines (just like everything else in Riverbend), the townspeople are horrified to see that the coach’s horses are covered with messy, greasy red stripes. Ned Hardy decides to go and look for the missing stagecoach driver.
Oct 1, 1995 · One day a driverless stagecoach rolls into town, its horses covered with ``great stripes of some kind of shiny, greasy slime.'' (Actually, they are red crayon squiggles.) The townsfolk are alarmed and the sheriff bravely rides off to find the driver; sure enough, he's covered with the same stuff.
- Kirkus Reviews
Both inspired and assisted by his (at the time 3-year-old) daughter, A Bad Day at Riverbend is recommended for ages 2-8. Please do yourself a favor and get your hands on this one! And try to read it for the first time with your child, delighting in the discovery at the end.
Oct 30, 1995 · Master artist and storyteller Chris Van Allsburg presents a surrealistic journey into the imagination. This provocative story within a story leads readers to ponder the realities of fictional worlds and the lives of the characters who populate them.
