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When Sally's brother joined the Scouts, she felt left out, but not for long, for she formed a club of her own. Grades 3-5.
126 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1951
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Eleanor Frances Lattimore
75 books12 followersLattimore was an American author and illustrator born in what was called the American Compound in Shanghai and raised in China where her father, David Lattimore, taught English at a Chinese government university.
Lattimore came to the United States and studied art in Oakland, California, Boston, and New York City and worked for several years as a freelance artist. She became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books; her first book, Little Pear, is considered a children's classic.
Lattimore came to the United States and studied art in Oakland, California, Boston, and New York City and worked for several years as a freelance artist. She became known as the author and illustrator of more than fifty popular children's books; her first book, Little Pear, is considered a children's classic.
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Charming old-fashioned story of an eight year old girl in the middle of the family with three brothers. Her mother and aunt want her to be more ladylike, her grandmother empathizes with her desire to wear blue jeans instead of skirt, and by book's end she finds a way to claim her own identity as a real person, with both feminine & boyish interests.
Short & sweet. As a child I would have read this over and over, especially because I too had two brothers and no sisters... it would have been a comfort read.
Charming old-fashioned story of an eight year old girl in the middle of the family with three brothers. Her mother and aunt want her to be more ladylike, her grandmother empathizes with her desire to wear blue jeans instead of skirt, and by book's end she finds a way to claim her own identity as a real person, with both feminine & boyish interests.
Short & sweet. As a child I would have read this over and over, especially because I too had two brothers and no sisters... it would have been a comfort read.
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