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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780064441346
ISBN number: 0064441342
Label: HarperCollins
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 64
Printing Date: January 30, 1991
Publishing house: HarperCollins
Age index: Ages 4-8
Release Date: January 30, 1991
Sale Popularity Level: 290399
Studio: HarperCollins
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Papa will not allow Clara to learn to read—he says that ‘Farm people like us do not have time to read.'But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm, Papa realizes he must change his mind. Based on the true story of America’s very first ‘bookmobile.’
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I have a seven year old boy who is an excellent reader. The problem is getting him to read. If it is not about lizards, he's not interested. This book was sent yesterday as part of his K-12 curriculum. I told him to read the very first 11 pages. He read 40 before putting it down. I've never seen him read a fiction book like that. I thought perhaps he was just skimming since he was reading it quickly, but I quizzed him and he actually read it! I'm very pleased.
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This easy reader chapter book promotes books and reading with an appealing story set in 1905 Maryland. Inquisitive Clara desperately wants to learn to read, but there are no schools nearby, and her father says she's too busy with farmwork to waste her time on books.
Levinson makes historical fiction very appealing to younger readers, with a fine eye to the details of rural life, without getting bogged down in old-fashioned terms. While the story is simple, the characters and plot are realistic. In the process, the reader is introduced to the very very first "bookmobile," a horse-drawn wagon, based on historical fact.
In our library, this title doesn't get checked out until it is read-aloud or otherwise introduced to the children. After that it gets a lot of use. Recommended.
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