Status
Available
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Publication
Dial (2002), Edition: First Printing, Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
In nineteenth-century Concord, Massachusetts, seven-year-old Louisa May Alcott joins other local children on the varied excursions led by teacher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau, and is inspired to write her first poem.
User reviews
LibraryThing member mollyejane
"What is YOUR gift? What do you love to do?"
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
I'm going to assume this is fairly accurate. Just as importantly, the message and the style of the storytelling is beautiful. The pictures didn't work for me, but I know they're apt and I respect those that do love them. Even though Louisa is only 7 years old in the story, I'd not read it to the
Recommended if you're interested in either of the authors, or in finding one's voice or living in joy in G*'s creation or even just the history of New England before the American Civil War.
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littlest children. I especially found it difficult to read about Louy's father's instructions for her - sure, he could have unconventional ideas and no job despite having a family to support, but she couldn't follow her own spirit? I'll have to do a bit of research on him.Recommended if you're interested in either of the authors, or in finding one's voice or living in joy in G*'s creation or even just the history of New England before the American Civil War.
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Awards
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2005)
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Physical description
32 p.; 9.36 inches
ISBN
0803724705 / 9780803724709