![]() ![]() This story highlights a struggle most children face. ![]() As he faces his father’s question at the end of his walk home from school he realizes that his father will say “Your eyesight is much too keen.” Crestfallen Marco says he saw “a plain horse and wagon on Mulberry Street.” At the end of his journey, he bounds up the steps and into his house with excitement. As his story grows he isn’t satisfied, he can do better, he can create a story no one can beat. With each new thought, his story gets bigger and more elaborate. On his way home from school, while contemplating his father’s directions of “seeing what he can see,” Marco realizes that what he is seeing is dull and mundane. This book was read to my father as a child, then to my sister and me, and now I am reading it to my children. As she told her stories of the day I was reminded of one of my favorite books, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street. I could not wait to hear about her day and when she got in the car it seemed she couldn’t wait to tell me about it. She started Kindergarten in a brand-new school. ![]() Published by: Random House Children’s Books And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street ![]()
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