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The Wheel on the School

Submitted by SarahKate on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 16:33.
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We listened to the audio version of The Wheel on the School (320 pages), a 1955 Newberry Winner that had all of us interested in riding in the car so we could hear it. It was really neat to hear about life in Holland, during a time when the village school had only 6 children, with only one girl - Lina. She surprises the teacher by independently writing a short composition, wondering why storks don't nest in their fishing village of Shora but they nest in all the neighboring villages. This inspires them to figure it out and they are are encouraged to spend their school time to work out the solution. It sounds dry but this is a very exciting book! This is a fantastic book about the power of hope, and the idea that it take a village to raise a child.

cover of The Wheel on the Schoolauthor: Meindert Dejong
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asin: 0064400212
binding: Paperback
list price: $6.95 USD
amazon price: $6.95 USD


Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina, one of the six schoolchildren who first asked the question, and she set the others to wondering. And sometimes when you begin to wonder, you begin to make things happen. So the children set out to bring the storks back to Shora. The force of their vision put the whole village to work until at last the dream began to come true. Winner, 1955 Newbery MedalNotable Children's Books of 1940–1970 (ALA)1963 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind Family series, The)

Submitted by SarahKate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 22:54.
cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind Family series, The)author: Sydney Taylor
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asin: 0929093070
binding: Paperback
list price: $13.95 USD
amazon price: $11.16 USD


Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a home with little money but lots of love and good times to share. Each book shares the ups and downs in the lives of this special family, through the eyes of Ella, Charlotte, Henny, Sarah, Gertie, and their little brother, Charlie.

All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family series, The)

Submitted by SarahKate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 22:54.
cover of All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown (All-of-a-Kind Family series, The)author: Sydney Taylor
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asin: 0929093097
binding: Paperback
list price: $13.95 USD
amazon price: $13.95


Based on the author's family and childhood, these charming books capture the everyday life of a home with little money but lots of love and good times to share. Each book shares the ups and downs in the lives of this special family, through the eyes of Ella, Charlotte, Henny, Sarah, Gertie, and their little brother, Charlie.