A Country Schoolhouse

Name: A Country Schoolhouse
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Lynne Barasch
ISBN: 9781449800291

Author: Lynne Barasch

Narrator: Kerin McCue

Unabridged: 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/06/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction, Historical Stories

Synopsis

Lynne Barasch is the acclaimed authorllustrator of picture books, including the ALA Notable Children's Book Radio Rescue. She takes readers back to the small 1940s country schoolhouse where Grandpa went to school. The children in his tiny three-room school participated in all sorts of fun activities-spelling bees, geography bees, history bees, even multiplication bees. And at recess they had snowball fights or played baseball or ring-a-levio. But everything changed when a new girl named Kaye came to school. "... an undeniably engaging look back."-Booklist

Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana C. Kobylak

Cool book detailing how school rooms have evolved within 50 years or maybe more.......more

Goodreads review by Logan

Personal Reaction: I thought this was a decent book, but lacked many important components that picture books should have. The story is about a grandfather who is telling his grandson about his experiences in a rural schoolhouse. The grandfather excelled in all of the subjects he learned until one day......more

Goodreads review by The Brothers

A grandpa reminisces with his grandchild about how awesome it was to be taught in a one room school house and the logistics of doing so. A tad slow, but interesting walk down history-lane. Illustrations are okay.......more