Book Descriptions
for The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Truly amazing things happen at the Van Gogh Cafe in Flowers, Kansas. Clara, the owner's ten-year-old daughter, knows why: the Van Gogh Cafe is magical. It is a place to find hope even when one's heart is broken, or miracles in the wake of a lightning strike. Seven lyrical stories comprise this unusual novel in which the visit of an aging movie star, a romance between a cat and a seagull and other memorable, mysterious occurrences blur the lines of impossibility and define the shape of wonder. (Ages 10-13)
CCBC Choices 1995. © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1995. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
Miracles are made-to-order at the Van Gogh Cafe in Flowers, Kansas. At least that is what Clara and her father Marc, the cafe's owner, believe. Everyday they fill coffee cups, serve meals, and wait for the magic to happen.Which it always does... maybe because the cafe was once a theater, and some of the old theater magic is left in the walls. Whatever the reason, word is spreading of a place where broken hearts mend and dreams come true.
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