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Illus. in full color. "Through the eyes of the little girl who is narrating, we see memories of her childhood in coal country. The immediate ingredients in her life--family, school, friends, and holidays--are described lovingly. The power of the book, however, lies in the deep, dark counterpoint that underlies the light melody of the childhood reminiscence. Though the text is spare, the dark, eloquent pictures speak volumes."--(starred) Horn Book.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-4In Coal Country offers such an authentic picture of growing up gritty that you almost expect it to rub off on your hands. Like William Kurelek's ``Prairie Boy'' books (Houghton), it is a record of experience, a piece of social history, a memorial to a time and place, rather than a story in the Aristotelian sense. The narrator simply describes, in a plain, terse style, what it was like to grow up in coal country in the '30s (or earlier): how it looked and smelled, how her parents worked and her friends playedbut not what they thought or felt. The quotidian excitement of coal-hauling trains and the annual climax of Christmasa day off for her miner fatherprovide mild high points. Like the text, the chalk-on-textured-board pictures temper abstract simplicity with Depresssion-era details to create a slice-of-life evocation of a past in every way the obverse of fairytale romance. Patricia Dooley, formerly at Drexel University, Philadelphia
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Publishers Weekly
Hendershot's evocative first-person narration and Allen's beautifully muted, scumbled artwork blend to form a gentle, moving tribute. All ages.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherKnopf Books for Young Readers
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0394981901
- ISBN 13 9780394981901
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages40
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1/2 Cloth Over Paper Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. Thomas B. Allen (illustrator). First Ediiton. First Edition. Pink cloth with green-grey boards with blind-embossed lettering.Wear spot at foot of spine. Interrior fine -- no markings of any kind. Sound binding. Color illustrations rendered in pastels on textured paper. A hard to find book. Seller Inventory # 001232
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