| Strawberry Girl Contributor(s): Lenski, Lois (Author), Lenski, Lois (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0064405850 ISBN-13: 9780064405850 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 Annotation: Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005281591 |
| Lexile Measure: 650 |
| Series: Trophy Newbery |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.12" W x 7.66" (0.31 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Rural - Geographic Orientation - Florida - Catalog Heading - Classics - Curriculum Strand - Language Arts |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 86 Reading Level: 4.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rediscover this Newbery Medal-winning classic, a favorite of generations. Strawberries--big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un! her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud. The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Teachers, grandparents, and homeschooling families continue to reach for Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl. As one fan commented, a reason for its continued success is that it's a touching, realistic tale of the power of neighborly love and kindness. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lenski, Lois: - In addition to illustrating the first four Betsy-Tacy books, Lois Lenski (1893-1974) was the 1946 Newberry Medal winning author of Strawberry Girl. |