Houseboat Girl [Hardcover]

Lois Lenski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1957

What would it be like to live on a houseboat on the Mississippi River with two parents, four kids, eight chickens, several turtles, a dog, and a cat? Patsy and her family are about to find out!

At first, Patsy is upset when her parents decide to move from their home in River City, Illinois, to a houseboat on the Mississippi River. She’ll miss her house and friends, and she’s sure the trip downriver will be boring. Gradually, she and her brother and sisters get used to their new life. Patsy grows to love the ever-changing river, where she even learns to swim. But she can’t help longing for a real house—on land. 

 

Houseboat Girl is based on the experiences of real families living on the Mississippi River in the summer of 1954.

 

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Lois Lenski including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“[P]resents an interesting picture of life on a river.” —Library Journal

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott (1957)
• ASIN: B0007DKHVM
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,053,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Book Review, May 1, 2006

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This review is from: Houseboat Girl (Hardcover)

This book is great. The Patsy character is my mother-in-law. She and all her brother and sisters are still living well in 2006. She resides in the south while her brother and sisters live in the northern region. She has 6 kids of her own and MANY grand childern. I have heard her tell her stories of living on the river, and it is great to be able to read about it in a story book as well. She talks about wanting to go down the river again someday and she just might.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Childhood memories of this book, September 8, 2008

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Yvette "Foolio" (Modesto, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Houseboat Girl (Hardcover)

I remember reading many of the Lois Lenski's books as a young girl. I loved the illustrations because they weren't too fancy,or drowning in color, they were just simple sketches. Of all the stories this one(Houseboat Girl) was my favorite and I can't wait to get it and share it with all the small ones in my family. Another great memory is that in many of Lenski's stories the main character was a young girl, like me. After reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn I found characters like the ones in Lenski's books and of course the Laura Ingalls books, more enjoyable because they were from a girls point of view.