Love from Your Friend, Hannah [Paperback]

Mindy Warshaw Skolsky (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Hannah's best friend, Aggie, moves away and doesn't answer a single one of her letters. Determined to find a new pen pal, Hannah picks an address from a box on her teacher's desk. It's a boy, but his first letter is so dopey, Hannah isn't even going to answer it. Instead, she writes to President Roosevelt. Before long, Hannah has a whole lot of pen pals--and finally discovers the perfect friend, in the most unlikely place.

In this absorbing epistolary novel, Mindy Warshaw Skolsky takes readers back to the late 1930s, and into the life of an irrepressible and unforgettable heroine.

A Parenting Magazine Book of the Year
A finalist for the Texas Bluebonnet Award
A Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children
01-02 Young Hoosier Book Award Masterlist (Gr 4-6)
00-01 William Allen White Children's Book Award Masterlist

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

PW's starred review said that the author "vividly shows readers what life was like during the Depression for one spunky heroine with a terrific sense of humor." Ages 8-12. (Sept.)
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From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-By Mindy Warshaw Skolsky. A story told in a series of pen pal letters dated from 1937-1938 that provide a look into history. Although her best friend Aggie doesn't keep her promise to be a pen pal, Hannah continues to write lettersAto a farm boy named Edward, to her grandparents in the Bronx, and to President and Mrs. Roosevelt and their staff at the White House.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins (September 8, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0064407462
• ISBN-13: 978-0064407465
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #914,035 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable reading with one exception., May 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Love From Your Friend, Hannah (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading this book. I like the way the author allowed the reader to learn about Hannah through letters she writes and receives. The only thing that bothered me about the book was the use of S.O.B. close to the end of the story. I am a teacher and was reading this book because it is on the Bluebonnet Reading List for Texas. Unfortunately I know that we (the people at my school) will hear it from parents because of the use of this abbreviation. The book is wonderfully written, but I don't really understand the need for this type of language. While most kids know what S.O.B. stands for, I personally don't want to have to explain it to my own children or my students.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love From Your Friend Hannah, April 18, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Love from Your Friend, Hannah (Paperback)

I rated this book a five star book. Love from your friend, Hannah is written by Mindy W. Skolsky. This book is filled with letters to people that this girl named Hannah. Hannah writes to everyone such as her best friend Aggie, her pen pal Edward from Wichita Kansas, her Aunt Becky who knits very lumpy, her grandma, President Roosevelt, and many more. Hannah Diamond lives in the back of the grand View restaurant, that her parents own. Hannah is very good in school, especially in spelling. She never misspells a word until she spells the word restaurateur. Hannah writes to President Roosevelt and he writes back and sends her a stamp from his stamp collection. Hannah writes to her best friend, Aggie many many times and she never answers back. She goes up to her secret place on a mountain ad writes most of her letters and the other letters are written in her room on her roll-top desk. Much more happens in this book so I do recommend it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Awesome Letters, November 30, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Love from Your Friend, Hannah (Paperback)

Love From Your Friend Hannah is a great bood for kids who like realistic fiction. Hannah is nine years old and her best friend, Aggie, moves away. Hannah wants to be Aggie's pen pal but ends up with a boy named Edward. Hannah does not like Edward at first. After a while she ends up talking and giving each other school tips. She also write to the President which was Franklin Roosevelt. When Hannah writes to President Roosevelt because she does not have Aggie to play with, Roosevelt writes back saying Mrs. Roosevelt likes to read. Hannah writes to Mrs. Roosevelt and says she likes reading too. Hannah and the Roosevelts become good friends. I truthfully loved this book!