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Thimble Summer

by Elizabeth Enright
Thimble Summer

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ISBN13: 9780312380021
ISBN10: 031238002X
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A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnets father. Garnet cant help feeling that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways.

     There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair at which Garnets carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer—her thimble summer.

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“This story of a Wisconsin farm sings with the happiness and contentment of a small girl whose roots are sinking deep into the soil of a loved place.”—School Library Journal, Starred Review

“This is a story of the sort for which there is a constant demand. . . . There is the flavor of real life . . . expressed with charm and humor.”—The New York Times Book Review

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A silver thimble and a new friend make a girl's summer magical in Elizabeth Enright's Thimble Summer.

A few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnet's father. Garnet can't help feeling that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways.

There is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair at which Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer--her thimble summer.

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A silver thimble and a new friend make a girls summer magical.

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Elizabeth Enright (1909-1968) was born in Oak Park, Illinois, but spent most of her life in or near New York City. Her mother was a magazine illustrator, while her father was a political cartoonist. Illustration was Enright's original career choice and she studied art in Greenwich, Connecticut; Paris, France; and the Parson's School of Design in New York City. After creating her first book in 1937, she developed a taste, and quickly demonstrated a talent, for writing.  Throughout her life, she won many awards, including the 1939 John Newbery Medal for Thimble Summer and a 1958 Newbery Honor for Gone-Away Lake. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, starting with The Saturdays, published in 1941. Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in The New Yorker, The Ladies Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, The Yale Review, Harpers, and The Saturday Evening Post. She taught creative writing at Barnard College. Translated into many languages throughout the world, Elizabeth Enright's stories are for both the young and the young at heart.

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ISBN:
9780312380021
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
04/29/2008
Publisher:
MACMILLAN PUBLISHING SERVICES
Pages:
144
Height:
.43IN
Width:
5.22IN
Thickness:
.25
Age Range:
8 to 12
Grade Range:
3 to 7
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2008
Author:
Elizabeth Enright
Author:
Elizabeth Enright
Subject:
Places/United States/General
Subject:
Wisconsin
Subject:
the Natural World/General (see also headings under Animals)
Subject:
Nature & the Natural World/General (see also headings under Animals)
Subject:
People
Subject:
Nature
Subject:
Children s-General
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
People & Places/United States/General

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