From: Jennifer Crow <jcrow_at_csufresno.edu>
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 11:26:35 -0800 (PST)

Dear Caroline, So glad that I could help out. Best wishes, Jennifer

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From: "Caroline E Jones" <cj24_at_txstate.edu> 
To: ccbc-net_at_lists.wisc.edu, "Child_Lit Listserve" <child_lit_at_email.rutgers.edu> 
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 11:03:11 AM 
Subject: FW: [ccbc-net] Book request 
Thanks to all who responded: here's the skinny from Jennifer Crow! 
Again, thank you for all the prompt help! 
Caroline 
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Dr. Caroline E. Jones, Editor 
Alice’s Academy 
The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature 
www.the-looking-glass.net 
Department of English 
Texas State University-San Marcos 
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From: Jennifer Crow < jcrow_at_csufresno.edu > 
Date: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:57 PM 
To: Caroline Jones < cj24_at_txstate.edu > 
Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] Book request 
Hi Carolyn, 
Did the patron say if this a chapter book? Could it be Beyond the Open Door by Andrew Lansdown? The uniform title for this book is With My Knife . There are 6 listings in World Cat. Glendora Public Library is the closest. There seem to be dragons in this book so not sure it would be the same but perhaps worth a chance. 
Hope this is helpful, 
Jennifer 
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Jennifer Crow, Curator 
Arne Nixon Center for the Study of Children's Literature 
Henry Madden Library 
California State University, Fresno 
www.arnenixoncenter.org 
559-278-8116 
"Strive to become a passionate lover of all things. To do otherwise is a waste of one's time, energy and talents." ~ David Robert Crow 
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From: "Caroline E Jones" < cj24_at_txstate.edu > 
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Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 10:39:29 AM 
Subject: [ccbc-net] Book request 
(Please forgive cross postings!) 
The following was forward from the IAFA list, and a friend on that list thought these lists might also be good resources. If you know what the book is, please contact me offlist and I'll forward through channels! 
Caroline 
My partner told me she wants a particular book for Christmas that she remembers reading when she was a child. 
She remembers the title as "Through the Open Door," but I can't find it under that title. She doesn't remember the name of the author. 
It's about a small boy on a farm, motherless, who is given a knife that turns out to be magic. He uses it to cut potatoes, then discovers he can cut openings to another world with it, and does so. 
(She is _not_ thinking of Phillip Pullman. I made sure. This was definitely a kid's book. A chapter book, but not YA.) 
In this other world the protagonist discovers his mother is alive, or was alive, and was either a queen or some sort of savior/heroine to the locals. 
Does this sound at all familiar to anyone? 
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Dr. Caroline E. Jones, Editor 
Alice’s Academy 
The Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Children’s Literature 
www.the-looking-glass.net 
Department of English 
Texas State University-San Marcos 
San Marcos, TX 78666 
512-245-3785 
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