Phebe Fairchild Her Book

by Lois Lenski

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Series

Historical Novels - Lenski (1)

Genres

Collections

American History, Geography and Social Studies, Children's Literature

Publication

Purple House Press (2020), 316 pages

Description

While her parents take a long sea voyage in 1830, ten-year-old Phebe Fairchild lives in the Connecticut countryside with her father's family, Puritans who even forbid reading her treasured Mother Goose book.

User reviews

LibraryThing member electrascaife
A sweet-enough story of a young girl sent to live with country relatives while her seafaring father takes her mother on a trip to Europe. These country relatives are quite a bit more puritan than her own parents, and it takes a bit of adjusting for her to feel that she fits in.
Cute, but not
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Awards

Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1937)

Language

English

Original language

English

Original publication date

1936

Physical description

316 p.; 7.9 inches

ISBN

1948959194 / 9781948959193

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