this charming book has captivated my twin 15-month-olds. It lightly touches on all the things we love about fall from raking and jumping in leaf piles, picking apples and pumpkins, returning to school, to halloween and thanksgiving. Simple rhyming verse is easy for an adult to read over and over and the illustrations are lovely. Suitable for even the youngest children. One of our favorites.

This is a wonderful classic children's book.The text and pictures are simple enough for the youngest child to understand. The text is poetic verse and each page is devoted to a different sign of Fall. I have used this book for many years in my classroom on the first day of Fall to introduce children to the new season. It is a favorite of mine and the many children in my classes who have heard it each year.

Young MakePeace is "bound out" to her uncle when her father dies, making him responsible for her schooling, clothing and board. In return, Makepeace must work faithfully at the Five Pines Inn until she is sixteen. But the schooling she longs for, and the love she needs, are going to be harder to obtain than anyone in this little Puritan Connecticut settlement could imagine.

If you only read story books that are politically correct, you may not enjoy this one. It was written in 1932 and by today's standard is very limited in the gender roles it portrays. Having said that, let me hasten to add that I LOVE this book and all of the similar titles by the talented Lois Lenski. This is a quaint little book with very simple, colorful drawings. The artwork has a satisfying peaceful, gentle nature with a subtle magic of motion and activity that is almost baffling coming from such simplicity. It describes the daily lives of the Little Family that consists of Mr. and Mrs. Little and their children, Tommy and Sally. We see their house and follow them in their activities on a simple average day. They do their housework, yardwork, marketing, baking, gardening and they also go for a drive together and have a picnic. The children feed the chickens, play with a ball and read a book. The family spends loving time together in their living room in the evening. This book is very simple, no big exciting plot, but endearing and relaxing and actually...quite inspiring. Little children will enjoy it. It's quiet tone makes it a perfect book for a bedtime story. Check out all of the wonderful titles by Lois Lenski. Each one is a delight.

I like trains a lot and this book tells about how you run trains, especially steam ones. Engineer Small and Conductor Little are really nice as they take you on a tour of the train and then on a journey. The pictures are fun and neat plus are detailed and name parts of the engine. There are even good safety ideas! I think any little boy or girl would like this book like I do!

This book is so great because the airplane story so boring, but because it's about a car, a sailboat, and an airplane, my 3-year-old wants us to read it at bedtime. Because it's so boring, it always puts him to sleep! Seriously, always! You can't beat that!

This book is worth reading! I read this, and was absolutely amazed with the content, and how it described the appalling life in a coal camp. Tina Wilson lives in the Linden Mine Coal Camp. The book describes Tina's life at the camp, including some happy memories, and some tragedies. If you are a fan of Little House On The Prarie, read this book today!

I discovered Lois Linski's Coal Camp Girl in my classroom library when I was in the 5th grade in 1966. It was the first book that I read and since I was the daughter of a coal miner and lived in a coal camp, it inspired me to read. I read everything in the small library and continued to read. I am now a teacher and a writer and write my own coal camp stories that are published weekly in The Coal Valley News, Madison, WV.

I'm not sure if everyone who reads this book is aware that this book is based upon a real family, a real place, and real events. The names have been changed, but for the most part it is an extremely accurate portrayal of life in the coal mines in southern WV. The name "Linden Mines" is taken from a small town in WV named Minden. The author did research in that town, and stayed with my family while she was writing it. Some of the characters in the book (Ben Sanford, little Sally Anne) are members of my immediate family. If you're from Appalachia, and you like to read about your Heritage, I highly recommend this book.

My two year old loves Lenski's books (So do I). They are simple and clear in their concepts and illustrations. It seems somewhat of a "beginner" reading book in its literacy level, but it still is just enough to hold my interest while reading it aloud to my two kids.

Lenski's books are more about providing factual information than giving character lessons or having an underlying meaning.

(Our favorite Lenski book so far that we've purchased is _Cowboy Small_. I give that one 5 stars!)

The sweetly illustrated, simply written story of Farmer Small's very busy day and the four seasons on his farm. My three year old finds the details of Farmer Small's life enormously interesting: the way he leaves the mail box open while he reads his mail, the apple that drops off the cart he is using to haul his apple harvest, the size of the tractor's wheels (you get many glimpses of this tractor, a big plus for the farm vehicle fan), the milk can he leaves for the dairy truck to pick up, the contents of his roadside stand. The text that accompanies these evocative illustrations is rhythmic and reassuring, and so this is an often-read bedtime and naptime book. One final terrific thing about the book: the hardcover edition is nicely produced, with good paper and clear bright pictures. When my son sits on my lap to hear the story, he always runs his fingers over the book's cover before I open it: maybe out of reverence for Farmer Small, who goes through farm life with apple-cheeked tranquility or maybe just because the cool, smooth cover is nice to touch. Either way, this would be a sweet gift for a two or three year old.
And that's all ... about Farmer Small.

I really enjoyed this book. The children and their teacher MissMartin have several adventures. Miss Martin flys in an airplane flownby one of her former students. The children are trapped at theschoolhouse by a blizzard and they run out of coal to heat with. During this blizzard one of the children gets sick. Miss Martin has to try to get her to a Doctor. With the help of her former student, who flys an airplane, all turns out well.

I loved the book prarie school. Lois Lenski is a great author. If I had to read this story again I would love it. If you want to read a book that is exciting, and interesting, this is it. I am a lover of history. Read this book!

12 year old Mary Jemison took life on her family's farm in Philadelphia for granted. But on a Spring day in 1758, her family is taken captive by Indians and her life is never the same again. It's bad enough to be taken captive by Indians, but even worse to be separated from her family forever. This book is a Newberry Honor book, which certainly deserves the honor. Indian Captive tells about a captivity, a relationship, and a girl who finds a new family. This is a heart warming book, that will bring you closer to your family than ever.

I first read this book nearly twenty years ago. (My local library had a beat-up, old, hardcover edition.) As a child I loved stories of white children adopted by the Indians, and I must admit I still find the subject fascinating. I loved "Indian Captive" when I first read it as a child. I thought it was the best and most realistic look of what it must have been like to be a captive among the Indians. No phony heroics or daring escapes here; just the story of a girl struggling to adapt to life in a completly alien environment, while at the same time holding onto her identity. I remember how disappointed I was when that old, beat-up copy of it disappeared from the library.

"Indian Captive" was one of the books of my childhood which I never forgot. I am quite glad to see it was reprinted. It finally gave me a chance to re-read it, and it is just as good as I remember it. If readers enjoyed this book then they should take a look at "I Am Regina" by Sally M. Keehn and "Trouble's Daughter" by Katherine Kirkpatrick. Like "Indian Captive," both of these books are stories about young girls taken captive by Indians during the colonial period and both are just as well written and exciting to read as "Indian Captive." Also for older readers (12-15), I cannot speak more highly of Conrad Richter's "The Light in the Forest." It is a story of a white boy, who has spent most of his life among the Indians, forced to return to his white family who he has forgotten. Mary Jemison found happiness among the Senecas while still holding onto her identity; the main character in "The Light in the Forest" has lost all memory of his white past and finds himself caught between the the claims of blood and loyalty. A darker version of the story of the Indian captive. Enjoy.

This book is a wounerful description of an indian captive's life. It tells how Mary "Molly" Jemison grew to understand and love the Senecas. After she was kidnaped and her family killed Molly became "The White Woman of the Genesee". I am one-eaighth Cherokee and I found this book spine-tingling, suspenseful, and a real page turner. I couldn't stand to put it down. If I could have I would have read it all in one sitting. I would recommend this book for ages 10 and up.

I liked this Newbery-Award winning book because it's creative and has old-Fashion English. I think Birdie is a neat character becuase she has breath taking adventures like when there is a forest fire and her sister is in her fort inside a tree. Also, I think it is sort of weird how people acted back then, it's just like now - people drink and bad things happen. If I lived in Birdie's time I think I would have a hard time because back then everyone had a hard time getting and earning money. In this book it is exactly the same. All together I think this book is really good and I would recommend it to people who like to read suspenseful books and who like to read about older times

Strawberry Girl is a great book written and illustrated by Lois Lenski. I think that, because every time I started to read it, I couldn't stop reading! Although there are some parts that has violence,it was still very good. I really recommend this book to children ten and up, due to the violence. Strawberry Girl takes oplace in Florida in about the 1900's. It is about a seven member family, and the neighbors. After about a month of settling, the trouble starts, the neighbors get mad, because Birdies dad puts some fences around the fields so that way, Slater's cattle doesn't go into the property. The vegetation, strawberry fields, and cattle are growing very well, Mr. Slater also gets mad, and jealous. Birdie was very helpful in every way, from watering the strawberry fields, to caring for her small sibilings. I like the end a lot, because both families become very good friends. Also people started to call Birdie, Strawberry Girl, because of selling, watering, and arranging the strawberry fields. The rest of the fun is for me to know and for you to find out!

It has been many years since I have read "The Strawberry Girl", but I can recall vividly how I lost myself totally in Birdie's new life and adventures. I recommended this book to my daughter when she was in junior school and she read it also. I think I liked the book so well because I could relate to Birdie. I am from the south. I can relate to the "Southern Accent". I can relate to the snake in the story, because the copperhead is a menace to my area. Birdie's hardships were so akin to mine as a young girl. I plan on purchasing this book to hand down to my daughter because it has very warm memories of my childhood. I totally lost track of time when I was reading this book.