Strawberry Girl (Trophy Newbery)

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FatFatandWeedy, February 1, 2008 (view all comments by FatFatandWeedy)
I think this book rock
it is funny and good
and when i first started to read it it made me intrested because it reminded me of me mom and her family from down south dry and not that much of water because of droughts but i still say
STRAWBERRY GIRL ROCK!

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celina.h, May 17, 2007 (view all comments by celina.h)
I was just looking for this because I had read this back in 4th Grade and the story alone has stuck in my mind all this time. This is the first time I've ever looked it up, I'd buy it for sentimental value and see if it reads the same ^_^

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heldenbaer1, May 3, 2006 (view all comments by heldenbaer1)
Newberry Award-winning books are those books that others have found to be of merit over the years. As a College professor who is taking time off to be with his children, to homeschool them, I am reading books that others in the various hs curriculums recommended. I had seen this title on a few 'lists' but had never read it, either as a child or as an adult- until now.

To learn about this forgotten part of American culture (Florida 'crackers') was a joy to read,and informative. The pictures by Mrs. Lenski add to her work immensely. But it was the humanness of the characters that really touched me: in Strawberry Girl, there were the industrious, the lazy, the mean, the stuffy in the little girl, Birdie's world: as well as the simple right and wrong a child's view of the world entails. And, in the end, one is given a truly happy ending. And that is something the "PC-crowd" would never allow in this day and age (one of the characters 'gets religion'- and it sticks!). But it is for that reason exactly, that I would reach for this book before any other, when my children and I begin our literature study of the various states in the USA next year. A children's novel that is well-written, nicely paced,filled with good characters (people you could emulate, rather than loathe, as the overseeing parent) vibrant characterizations, quaint dialogue, a moral and uplifting story, and not a monster, alien, mummy, or wizard in sight (thank God!).

I can see now why Strawbery Girl is a classic, but I don't understand why it is not more well-known and used; (why did it take me until 50 to even read this book?) unless that aforementioned, overt acknowledgment of our Christian heritage- as a nation and as a people- is too 'controversial' a subject for those who hate our own history, and who want to keep children in the dark about any era before 1970-

unless of course it is dwelling on the 'ultimate evils' of the period 1940-1945, which is waaaay overworked; and it is those same pharasaic minds who also wish to portray multiculturalism as normative- which it is not. Those types will therefore not like this book, in that it cearly shows a cultural/racial/relgious solidarity at odds with the dogma of the multicultis- the 'dogma of the moment' types.

For those narrow minds, no amount of truth- or historical vibrancy- can ever make something 'worthwhile.' Even a children's book. I'm sorry I did not know of this book growing up. I will not forbid my children to grow up in a like manner, to be merely a [multi]culturally stunted drone. I choose this book for the richness it offers about a people like me, imbued with a heritage that once was everyone's. It's time we discovered that heritage- our heritage -once again. Reading this to your children, or having them read it themselves, is a great first step.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780064405850

Foreword:

Lenski, Lois

Author:

Lenski, Lois

Author:

by Lois Lenski

Author:

Lenski, Lois

Publisher:

HarperTrophy

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Classics

Subject:

Family

Subject:

Children's 9-12 - Literature - Classics / Contemporary

Subject:

Historical - United States - 19th Century

Subject:

Farm life

Subject:

Country life

Subject:

Florida

Subject:

Lifestyles - Farm Life

Subject:

Sheep

Subject:

Florida Fiction.

Subject:

Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life

Subject:

Farm life - Florida

Subject:

Florida - History - 20th century

Subject:

Childrens classics

Copyright:

1995

Edition Description:

Paperback

Series:

Trophy Newbery

Series Volume:

v. 10

Publication Date:

19950331

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

from 5

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

208

Dimensions:

7.66x5.12x.51 in. .31 lbs.

Age Level:

10-14