Noted writer Laurence Pringle guides readers through the last year of World War II and the one-room school of his childhood--School 14 in Monroe County, New York. Barbara Garrison's folk-style illustrations, presented as snapshots in an album, help capture the feeling of that time and place. Full color .
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Pringle (Dinosaurs!) takes a nostalgic trip back to 1944, his final year in attendance at a one-room schoolhouse in the Hopper Hills of Monroe County, N.Y. That year, School 14 boasted 18 children?from first to eighth grade?within its walls. Pringle's description of this setting and its leisurely day-to-day routine (the teacher ringing a handbell to call the students; a rare ride home in her Model A Ford) contrasts sharply with the loud bells, school buses and jammed hallways familiar to many children today. References to WWII throughout serve to heighten this sense of history (one illustration shows the children with?and one atop?a mountain of scrap metal they collected to make tanks and Liberty ships). Garrison's (Look at the Moon) collagraphs (collage-graphics) are framed like photographs of treasured times and add warmth to Pringle's somewhat dry, factual recounting of his memories. Reminiscent of children's drawings, the pictures consist of mostly neutral shades (buff, brown, muted greens), highlighted with dashes of gold, deep blue, red and purple. While children will find the gulf between their own experience and Pringle's wide (and may have trouble sticking with the slow pace of the text), they will also see timeless similarities in learning songs for holiday concerts, longing for recess and celebrating a "snow day." Author and illustrator notes are included. Ages 6-10.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3?A story about the last year of a one-room schoolhouse, 1945. The illustrations are unique, using a method called collage-graphics, and look like an old-fashioned photo album. Each memory, such as getting to school, lessons learned, and a visit from the local library's bookmobile, has a "picture" attached with corner tabs and jagged edges. Taking into consideration the year, the memories also include how the battles of World War II, though far away, touched the lives of the students and teacher. This is a gentle story to share with younger students or a good curriculum aid for older students learning about American history, the history of schools, or life in another era.?Evelyn Butrico, Cold Spring Harbor Library, Greenlawn, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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