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A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.

A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.

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A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.

A lonely New York City resident finds companionship and good cheer at the Westway Cafe where dreams come true.

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Gr 3 Up-- Solomon Singer is a middle-aged man who lives in a hotel for men in New York City. One night his solitary wanderings take him into a restaurant where he reads these words on the menu: ``The Westway Cafe -- where all your dreams come true. '' A soft-voiced waiter (metaphorically named Angel) welcomes him and invites him back. Each night Singer returns, ordering food and, silently, ordering his wishes for the things he remembers from an Indiana boyhood. Rylant has sketched a spare portrait, in flawless, graceful prose, of a man weighted down by hopelessness. Readers do not know the details of his circumstances, but they will feel his forlornness acutely. There is a symbolic and ambiguous quality to this book, which, despite its uplifting ending, is heightened by the illustrations. Catalanotto's signature watercolors have never been more affecting. He captures the smudgy nighttime murkiness of urban streets illuminated by artificial lights that float upward to become stars and bleed downward onto wet pavements to become a vision of midwestern wheat fields. This can be read as a familiar allegory in which the mysterious stranger represents the wish giver--the angel. It also works as a straightforward reminder that, in the face of staggering social problems, a smile in chance encounters has power. Not for the average story-hour crowd, but this title will be of great value to libraries in which whole language demands new creative uses for picture books for older readers, writers, and thinkers. --Kate McClelland, Perrot Memorial Library, Greenwich, CT

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780531070826
  • Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
  • Publication date: 9/28/1996
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 59,782
  • Age range: 6 - 8 Years
  • Lexile: 1120L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.54 (w) x 10.98 (h) x 0.12 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 6, 2007

    Divine for Disscussions

    In my 5th grade class we read thisstory. It was wonderfull, and started many discussions, with theories and evidence and so on. I totally recomened i.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 10, 2002

    Great books by Cynthia Rylant

    Solomon Singer was very lonely, he didn't get to do what he wanted. He then turns up at this wonderful place. He starts going there everynight and one night something happens that changes his life. I think that Cynthia Rylant wrote this book to show you can't always have what you want. She also to me tries to show that if you don't get what you want in life you can always imagine you have it. I liked this book because it teaches me a lesson about life. It shows that someone that who's life is boring can all of a sudden become joyful.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 10, 2002

    A great book by Cynthia Rylant

    A man named Solomon Siger is lonley and doesn't have any freinds.It mackes him sad.Hedecides to take a walk and wonders off.He thinks of things that might cheer him up.When he wandered once he went into a cafe named The Westway Cafe and his life changed. I think the book is gereat.It shows how people can be sad and not have what they want. On the other hand,it also shows how people can help cheer someone up,and change their life. I think the authors purpose was that life can be better.That's why I like Cynthia Rylant,because at the end of a book there is a happy ending.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 15, 2002

    an angel for solomon singer

    The book is about a persin who hates his life and does'nt like where he lives. So he decides to take awalk through central park and he sees a diner that sias the west way cafe. he decides to eat there. Then he starts going to the diner every day but then that diner changes his life for ever. Cynthia rylant purpose to right this story was to say that in life you dont always get what you want but also you get your opportunities. My opinion about this book was to say that for the boring people who think life is boring there can be an angel for them out there.

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

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