Rose For Abby Cloth - Hardcover

Guthrie, Donna

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0687365864 ISBN 13: 9780687365869

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 1988

Synopsis

Abby, whose father preaches in a large urban church, sees a homeless old woman searching the trash cans nearby and is inspired to do something for the neighborhood's many street people

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About the Author

Donna Guthrie is a children's author and educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her inspiration for A Rose for Abby came from a real-life soup kitchen for the homeless run by a local family in a Colorado Springs church.

From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4 In unsentimental language, dwelling little on the details of street life, Guthrie presents a primary-school heroine with conscience and drive. Abby watches from her window after school and sees a ragged old lady digging in the trash cans in their multi-ethnic, multi-racial neighborhood. Thinking for the first time about hunger and homelessness, she enlists the help of her minister father, the local grocer, the owner of a restaurant supply store, and some retired neighbors to prepare a free meal for the local street people. Guthrie introduces the concept of homelessness without passing judgment, making this an enjoyable story as well as a social statement. Hockerman portrays Abby and her father (no mother is mentioned or appears) as a warm and loving family in full-color, bordered full-page, realistic drawings. The street people are honestly drawn as wellweary, bedraggled, and lined. Although A Rose for Abby opens doors for thought and discussion, it wisely attempts no solution. A provocative, effective contemporary tale that will be welcomed by newly independent readers and their parents and educators. Carolyn Noah, Worcester Public Library, Mass.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0687365864
• ISBN 13: 9780687365869
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 31