Christmas With Grandma Elsie (The Original Elsie Classics, Book 14) (Bk.14) [Mass Market Paperback]

Martha Finley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2000 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: The Original Elsie Classics, Book 14 (Book 14)

This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Martha Finley (1828-1909), the daughter of a Presbyterian minister, was a school teacher and author of numerous articles, essays, and books, the most well-known being the 28 volumes of her Elsie Dinsmore series. Turning to writing stories for young people as a means of supporting herself after a serious injury, Finley sold more books than any other children's author of her day with the exception of Louisa May Alcott. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 265 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581821085
• ISBN-13: 978-1581821086
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,690,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Festive Holiday Read!, December 7, 2008

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This review is from: Christmas With Grandma Elsie (The Original Elsie Classics, Book 14) (Bk.14) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a wonderful Elsie book with many thrills in it.
Again, like the last few books, the story centers on Lulu Raymond---Elsie's granddaughter.

The holidays have arrived and all of the family has grouped together at Grandma Elsie's house for the fun. There's snowball fights, sleigh rides, charades, stories, and other amusement provided by ventriloquist, Cousin Ronald. There's even quite a bit of suspense!

The book closes after some of the most dramatic events draw to an end. But I'm left longing to continue into the next book.
I enjoyed each and every chapter, as something new is always happening.
This is one of my favorites!

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice story chocked by religious dogma, December 15, 2010

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This review is from: Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Kindle Edition)

There's an awful lot of religious dogma in this book. I managed to get through 45% of the book before I just couldn't take it any more. Mormons, in particular will not appreciate this book because the author believes they are as ungodly as heathens and Christians need to pray to save them from their ways. If you can wade through the religious nonsense, there's really a sweet story there. Everyone loves everyone, the parents are teaching their children to have respect for themselves, their elders, and for others. The author acknowledges that the U.S. owes the "Indians" and the "colored" people, the first because we took their land and the later because we enslaved them. However, because of the era this book was written in, all the servants are "colored" and their speech is written in the old school manner - "ye'sir" "ye'sim" - you get the picture. Although this family believes it's better to serve the lord than to go into any other business, they are somehow very wealthy. There's a lot of talk about just how wealthy they are, but that they don't squander their money on frivolous things and must give to others who don't have their privileges.

The Christmas at Grandma Elsie's was over and done with before the book was half way finished and then it dives deeply into religious dogma, and when I found I could no longer read around it, decided not to finish the book.

Only for the deeply religious.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Too Preachy, December 29, 2011

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Tami S. Elam "MammaMoose loves books!!!" (Lawrenceburg, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Christmas with Grandma Elsie (Kindle Edition)

I'm sorry, but this book was too preachy...and I go to church every Sunday. When the dad wishes all his children to be missionaries, when the book calls all Mormons evil, when non-believers are called heathens, etc. It just gets too judgmental and intolerant, it totally turned me off. The kids are so scared to do anything wrong and are so unrealistically "good". It was not my kinda book...ICK!!!