Penderwick helped Aunt Claire into the car. Too obviously not speaking, she folded a bathrobe and placed it neatly into the suitcase on the bed (67)Īfter picking Batty up and inspecting her for damage-none-Mr. I found it a lot more original and I think the characters were far more developed.Īnd, yet, I wonder why sentences like these are peppered throughout this middle grades read: I liked this one, book #2, better than the first offering. I'm not sure why, but I don't seem to be as won over by this series as my youngest daughter and so many others on Goodreads. So, the author, Jeanne Birdsall, who seems like an incredibly affable person, gets those shiny five stars, but I have a few observations I'd like to make. However, the rules for our daughter-mother buddy reads are: daughter listens and then rates the book, mother reads aloud and then reviews the book. She's the intended audience for this series, so that may be all you need to know.
This was a read-aloud with my 12-year-old and, when I finished reading the last page, she said, “FIVE STARS AND ORDER THE NEXT ONE NOW!” Their house is old and comfortable, full of unruly animals, and surrounded by gardens. Jeanne's home now is with her husband in Northampton, Massachusetts. Michelson Galleries in western Massachusetts. Her work can be seen in several galleries, including the R. Some of Jeanne's photographs are included in the permanent collections of museums, including the Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Art Museum. In the years in between, Jeanne had many strange jobs to support herself, and also worked hard as a photographer, the kind that makes art. Penderwick) will be forever grateful.Īlthough she first decided to become a writer when she was ten years old, it took Jeanne until she was forty-one to get started.
Tremonte, eighth grade algebra, who taught Jeanne to love and respect math and Miss Basehore, second and fourth year Latin, to whom Jeanne (and Mr. Corkhill, sixth grade, who encouraged her intellectual curiosity Mr. Jeanne had lots of great teachers, but her favorites were: Mrs. Jeanne Birdsall grew up in the suburbs west of Philadelphia, where she attended wonderful public schools.
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