Newbery Medal (John Newbery Medal)
Strawberry Girl 60th Anniversary Edition: A Newbery Award Winner – A Beloved Classic About Florida Farming and Kindness for Kids (Ages 8-12) (Trophy Newbery)
A children's novel about Birdie Boyer and her family after they move to rural Florida to grow strawberries. Through harvests, weather, and difficult neighbors, it vividly conveys the texture of work and community life.
Work Information
A family and land story that begins in the strawberry fields.
Lois Lenski uses the feel of close observation to tell a story set on a Florida farm. The hardship of the land and the family's resilience are folded into a plain, readable style.
Book Information
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 1995-03-31
- Pages
- 208 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.34 x 1.27 x 19.05 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780064405850
- ISBN-10
- 0064405850
- Price
- 2031 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Children's Books/Literature & Fiction/Historical Fiction/United States/1800s
Rediscover this Newbery Medal–winning classic, a favorite of generations. Strawberries—big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her. Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud. The land was theirs, but so were its hardships. Teachers, grandparents, and homeschooling families continue to reach for Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl . As one fan commented, a reason for its continued success is that it's "a touching, realistic tale of the power of neighborly love and kindness."
In addition to illustrating the first four Betsy-Tacy books, Lois Lenski (1893-1974) was the 1946 Newberry Medal winning author of Strawberry Girl .
Reviews
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Beautiful sweet story
My daughter loved reading this book. It was one that went out with us everywhere everytime we had to go somewhere.
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Five Stars
Thank you!
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Florida history for young adults
This classic is a must-read for those interested in learning about a vital part of Florida's agricultural history.
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A Sweet Must Read!
I read this book for the first time several years ago when I did homeschool with my children. It was in our curriculum and it is one of the sweetest stories! We loved it so much. The first year we read it we made it a tradition and read it every year. During our school time. My children are grown and in the early twenties and we all three have such sweet memories. I bought them a copy of this for Christmas this past year. They were both. So excited!
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Wholesome sweet perfection
This book is the second book in a Regional series of books written by Lois Lenski in 1945. It was the intention to capture the life of families and girls in their day to day life in the early 20th Century. This specific book follows a family as they make a life for themselves in Central Florida. What I liked: 1. The Story: There's something about a simple story and the description of the simple lives of children. Lenski spends the time to describe a Hen and her chicks and then turn around in the same chapter and talk about the brutality of fire. 2. The illustrations: The book has about 30 illustrations through out the book and were all drawn by the author. 3. The message: As a Christian I was amazed (and encouraged) to see how the conflict is resolved in this book. You don't see books that have a strong Christian(or any other religion for that matter) find literary success, but this book does it, and does it well. What I didn't like: 1. Ms. Lenski tried to be as authentic as she could with the telling of this book, down to the dialect the people spoke. It took some getting used to while reading, and while I appreciate her desire to be true to the people and the time, I think young readers will struggle with it today. This would be a great book for 9-10 year old readers. Strawberry Girl won the Newbery Medal in 1946