Samantha's Oceanliner Adventure (American Girls Collection) [Hardcover]

Dottie Raymer (Author), Dan Andreasen (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Series: American Girls Collection

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Scrapbook History Two titles in the American Girls Collection provide a unique perspective on history with a handsome square scrapbook presentation, including vintage-style postcards and pullout souvenirs. The first, Molly's Route 66 Adventure by Dottie Raymer, illus. by Nick Backes, takes readers for an eight-state ride, from Illinois to California, along the Main Street of America. In Samantha's Ocean Liner Adventure also by Raymer, illus. by Dan Andreasen, readers can imagine a turn-of-the-20th-century cruise aboard the S.S. Londonia. Welcome to Kit's World 1934: Growing Up During America's Great Depression by Harriet Brown, illus. by Walter Rane, Jean-Paul Tibbles, Susan Moore, Susan McAiley and Philip Hood, in an oversize volume, provides a well-researched and engaging account of the era. (Mar.)
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: American Girl (March 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1584855002
• ISBN-13: 978-1584855002
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #287,175 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A really different sort of book, excellently done, August 16, 2002

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samantha's Oceanliner Adventure (American Girls Collection) (Hardcover)

This is another in the American Girls series about Samantha Parkington, a nine-year-old orphan girl living in the America of 1904. In this book, Samantha is invited to accompany her grandmother and the Admiral on a cruise from New York to London! Along the way, Samantha has adventures, meets new people, and learns a lot.

This book, though, is entirely different that any other Samantha book my daughter and I have read. It is in the form of a scrapbook that Samantha kept. Each page has text, and illustrations in the form of pictures and whatnot that a girl would attach to a scrapbook. In fact, there are eight souvenirs that can be removed from the book and played with by your own little American girl!

My eleven-year old daughter was absolutely delighted with this book. At first she enjoyed thumbing through it, and looking at the pictures and removable souvenirs. And then, she read the whole book and added it to her Samantha collection. This is a really different sort of book, excellently done. We highly recommend it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful and unique American Girls book., March 11, 2005

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Rebecca Herman (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samantha's Oceanliner Adventure (American Girls Collection) (Hardcover)

In April 1906, eleven-year-old Samantha Parkington joins her grandmother, Grandmary, and Grandmary's new husband, the Admiral, on a luxury cruise from New York to London. Keeping a scrapbook of the journey, Samantha describes her explorations on the S.S. Londonia, as she attends tea parties, fancy dinners, and a dance, plays games with the other children, meets the ship's captain, and meets a poor Irish girl who teaches Samantha about life in third class.

In addition to the brief diary entries, Samantha's "scrapbook" includes photos, drawings, and a few removable objects, such as a map of the ship, a paper puppet, and money reproductions. This book was very nicely done and beautifully designed, and it contains interesting historical information about ocean liners as well as some current events of the early 1900s. Fans of Samantha's stories are sure to enjoy it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bon Voyage, Samantha!, December 28, 2005

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This review is from: Samantha's Oceanliner Adventure (American Girls Collection) (Hardcover)

This engaging Samantha book is structured in the form of Samantha's scrapbook chronincling her vacation on the S.S. Londonia, an ocean liner traveling from New York to London in the year 1906. Each page tells about a different adventure Samantha has while exploring the boat: seeing her cabin, meeting a young Irish girl in steerage, going to the captain's ball, among other things. Samantha's first-person narrative of her adventures is accompanied by black-and-white photographs, which are supposed to be the photos Samantha takes on the ship. There are also small mementos such as playing cards, a menu from Samantha's dinner, and a map of the ocean liner's journey. Some of these mementos can actually be pulled out of the book, like the mask Samantha wears to the captain's ball. The scrapbook feel of the book helps the reader know exactly what Samantha's experience on the boat was like, and the story about Samantha exploring the ocean liner is fun and interesting. This book is perfect for girls in their pre-teen and early teenage years, people interested in history or looking for a fun travel story, and, of course, American Girl fans.