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Dec 16, 2009

Amy rated it:

Mrs. Klatt, my 5th grade teacher, read this book to us and then we went to visit where Caddie lived (about 30 miles south of where I grew up). I loved the Little House books, but to me, I WAS Caddie. She was a bit older and more aware of what was happening around her. If you want to read about a pioneer gal who lived in western Wisconsin and was as fiesty as her red hair, read this book. You can go see and walk through Caddie's house. It's a rest area south of Downsville, Wisconsin. I try and ge More...

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Dec 12, 2011

Jen rated it:

I read this over a period of about 4 months. I'm not sure I've ever taken that long to read a book. But I was reading it with a 6-year-old, a chapter at a time, sometimes one chapter a week, sometimes none.

I cried more than a few times while reading: a dog is lost, a reformed bully saves the day, the family makes a great sacrifice for the happiness of Father Woodlawn. Each time, my little reading friend would turn around and smile at me and wipe away my tears. I tend to cry freely wh More...

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Sep 25, 2008

Wendy rated it:

I saved this for the last of the Newberys (yes! I'm done!) because I was sure I would like it, and I wanted to go out on a good note.

I did like it, though I know I would have liked it a lot more if I hadn't already read so many similar, better books (i.e. Little House). But I can appreciate how rare it was to find interesting, funny books about real children at the time this was written. Still, I'm sort of surprised that so many of you love this so much.

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Feb 09, 2009

David rated it:

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Jul 27, 2011

Ensiform rated it:

Winner of the 1936 Newbery, this book centers on the tomboy of the title, the middle girl in a pioneer family of seven children in the open plains of 1860s Wisconsin. Strongly evocative of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books, it's a wide-eyed, child's view of American pioneer life. The Indians are friendly, primitive, and highly mistrusted by the whites. The Civil War is far away; in one of the bits possibly most surprising to those who think of America as a classless society, Mr. Woodlawn has pai More...

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Mar 10, 2009

Lucinda rated it:

This is a classic book and was really fun to read. I loved her spunky, pioneer girl attitude...riding out on a rainy night alone on her horse at age 11 to warn the indians of the danger brewing in her town against them! And, when her uncle almost accidentally drowned her and offered her a silver dollar if she would not tell her mother. She said, "are you trying to bribe a Woodlawn!" She knew who she was and what a Woodlawn stood for! I want my kids to know what a "Foster" More...

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Mar 22, 2008

Libby rated it:

This is one of the books I read on long, delicious afternoons in San Diego in the summers of my childhood. My Bobe and Zade and I would walk to the library and pick out a pile of books, stopping at Thrifty's on the way home for nickel scoops of ice cream (my favorite: rainbow sherbet). I can't even think of this book without feeling a rush of immense love for my grandparents.

One day when my Bobe had first moved to Minnesota (sometime in the late '50s) and she was trying to be a dutif More...

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Feb 19, 2009

allie rated it:

The more I think about this book, the more I dislike it.

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Aug 06, 2011

Kameron rated it:

Charming story! I just fell in love with the Woodlawn family, their hard work ethics, family values and trust in the Lord. It was so special to know that the author was writing about her own grandmother. The illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman were just breathtaking - I plan to seek out more of her work.

Some of my favorite quotes from the book:
"She loved both spring and fall. At the turning of the year things seemed to stir in her that were lost sight of in the commo More...

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Jun 06, 2011

Jill rated it:

1936 Newbery award. This is basically a tomboy's version of Little House on the Prairie. It was a good story but not particularly memorable.

"It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful...I don't want you to be the silly, affected person with fine clothes and manners whom folks sometimes call a lady. No, that is not what I want for you, my little girl. I wa More...

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Mar 20, 2011

Anne-Marie rated it:

I love these stories! I have really fond memories of all the times I've read them, because I've been re-reading them since fourth grade. This book is about a girl named Caddie Woodlawn. All the stories are true (a few details, such as names, were changed, but basically all the events actually happened), and they were written by Caddie Woodlawn's granddaughter, Carol Brink. When Carol was little, her grandmother told her stories of her childhood as a pioneer in northern Wisconsin and eventual More...

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Jun 28, 2010

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Caddie Woodlawn is a story set in the 1860’s and is about a little girl, named Caddie, who is a tomboy. Caddie is very adventurous and is always with her brothers running wild, instead of in the home with the girls and her mother. Caddie, has also formed a bond with the neighboring Indians. She finds them intriguing and harmless. Caddie does not see color, but rather regular people when she looks at the Indians. Caddie is responsible for stopping a rampage between her family and others agai More...

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Feb 17, 2010

Malbadeen rated it:

I would give this book 5 stars based on 1 chapter alone.
This chapter is Mark Twain hilarious mixed with Flannery O'Connor morbid.

In this chapter the eldest boy tells a story he's made up to amuse his younger siblings while they do chores. The story starts with a farmer accidentally killing his wife then tricking passer-byer that he'd in fact killed the farmers wife by punching her and her subsequent falling into a near by lake and drowning. HA-HA-HA! right? seriously it gets mo More...

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Dec 08, 2009

Treasa rated it:

I know I read this book when I was in elementary school, but I had no recollection of it beyond having a vague idea that I liked it. I picked up the audio book for a long drive, and really enjoyed listening to it. We got through slightly more than half of the audio book, and then I finished the rest in print. What a fun book!

Caddie is a spunky eleven-year-old who has been allowed to spend her days running wild with two of her brothers in the woods of western Wisconsin in the 1860s. T More...

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Jun 27, 2010

Robin rated it:

Caddie Woodlawn is a story set in the 1860’s and is about a little girl, named Caddie, who is a tomboy. Caddie is very adventurous and is always with her brothers running wild, instead of in the home with the girls and her mother. Caddie, has also formed a bond with the neighboring Indians. She finds them intriguing and harmless. Caddie does not see color, but rather regular people when she looks at the Indians. Caddie is responsible for stopping a rampage between her family and others agai More...

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Mar 26, 2011

Robyn rated it:

There is a lot to like about this book, and some to dislike, but as a child, it enthralled me utterly. In a world of historical children's heroine's such as Polly Anna, and Mary Lennox, Caddie Woodlawn was a breath of fresh air. While the others are pointed at for being different, they are still essentially feminine, even trouble making Anne Shirley. Caddie however, is a tom boy through and through, and when I, as a child, tired of reading about proper young ladies, and instead wanted to hear ab More...

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Mar 26, 2010

Julia rated it:

We are reading a page from this for MCAS practice!! I loved it! I am also reading it for a book report and also for fun!

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Oct 18, 2010

Rhea rated it:

Caddie Woodlawn
If you’ve read and loved the “Little House” book series, by Laura Ingalls Wilder, you’ll love the book Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink. This enchanted book follows the tales and adventures of tomboy Caddie Woodlawn, much like Laura Wilder. Each chapter is a new adventure, a new way for Caddie to get into trouble.
Caddie is a pioneer girl born and raised in Wisconsin during the 1860s. She was a nuisance More...

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Feb 18, 2009

Lindy rated it:

Excellent book! Same vein as the Little House books - but I liked it better. (Ssh, don't tell Abbi!)

My favorite quote:

“It’s a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world beautiful. What a rough world it would be if there were only men and boys in it, doing things in their rough way! A woman’s task is to teach gentleness and courtesy and love and kindness. It’s a big task, too, More...

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Dec 08, 2010

Lavender911 rated it:

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew, plow than bake, and tries to beat her brothers' dares every chance she gets. Her mother and sisters just don't understand why she doesn’t want to be lady-like and sew all day. Her courage and her faith to peace and friendship are so strong that she can eleminate a massacre. Then when her cousin comes over, and she has to make a big decision that will affect her future, she opens her heart and decides to give things a change.
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Mar 18, 2011

Shawn rated it:

Where was this book when I was in fifth grade reading the Little House books? I want to see a cage match between Caddie Woodlawn and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Up until I read this book, I would have bet on LIW hands down. But Caddie Woodlawn kicks ass. She's tough, smart, and funny. Now I still like LIW; but Caddie's life is far more interesting and not as sparse and lonely Like Little House, Caddie is based on real stories, this time of Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother. Unlike LIW, Caddie was raised More...

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Nov 27, 2011

Stephen rated it:

I read this over a couple of weeks to my four year old who loved it. I had searched for this book for quite some time on and off for years. My fifth grade teacher read an excerpt from the novel, the Pee-Wee tale, to our class. I only heard it once, yet I have been retelling that story for twenty-four years now. Just this year I thought I'd give figuring out what book the story was from a go again. I eventually hit the right keyword searches from my memory into google and immediately ordered More...

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Apr 15, 2011

Jeslyn rated it:

Memoir-as-children's-book in the style of Laura Ingalls Wilder's writing, Caddie Woodlawn deserves a place on the shelf as well. The Woodlawns live in Wisconsin during the time of the Civil War, and not far from a small tribe of Indians. Caddie and her brothers make friends with the Indians, as does Mr. Woodlawn, and these interactions are some of the pivotal points in the book. Caddie's progression from tomboy to young lady progresses too slowly for her mother's taste, but she finds her way on More...

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Feb 02, 2010

Tarissa rated it:

This story takes place in 1864, on the Wisconsin frontier.
The book follows the adventures of a certain girl, named Caddie Woodlawn. She is a tomboy, who likes to run around wildly with her two brothers, rather than staying inside and doing the tasks that are expected of her, like sewing, knitting, and cooking, with her mother and her older sister, Clara.

Living in territory where Indians are nearby, excitement is always brewing. There are fish to catch, rafts to paddle, fields t More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Natalie rated it:

I read this as a child and then later as an older teen or young adult (I can't remember when I re-read it and my Mom probably read it to us the first time. . . ). This book is one of my favorite kinds of books. My first "big kid" books that I read by myself were the Little House books. A lot of the books that I read as a teenager were historical fiction and some of my favorite were set on the American frontier (that is until I discovered Jane Austin. After that England called to me). H More...

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Feb 16, 2009

Jill rated it:

Initially, this was to be a read aloud for my younger children, but they lost interest. The story is interesting and engaging, but not gripping with mystery or intrigue. So I lost my audience half way through. I finished it up on my own, and really enjoyed the message of the book: It's a blessing and privilege above the riches of the earth to be an American citizen. Young people, especially women, don't need to grow up a certain pre-conceived civilized way to successfully achieve womanhood. More...

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Mar 05, 2011

Karissa rated it:

Instead of doing typical girl things like sewing and cooking, Caddie's father says he would let her run about like her brothers. She has Indian friends and adventures. She almost got to be a lady because her father's father was a Lord in England and died. He asked them to be the Lords and Ladies, but they voted they would rather be Americans.

"I'd rather build a new mill in America than live in a castle in England..." Tom
Hettie says to Caddie "You l More...

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Jan 03, 2010

Christine rated it:

Caddie Woodlawn is quite the adventurous red-headed daughter of pioneers. As an eleven-year-old she lives in western Wisconsin near the Menomonie River. The Civil War is taking place in the East, Indian massacres are taking place in the West and Caddie hovers betweeen being a tomboy and a young lady. At the story's beginning she's full of fun: fording rivers, hunting with Uncle Edmund, collecting hazelnuts, fighting school bullies, and befriending Indians....by the end of this coming of age stor More...

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Apr 04, 2011

April rated it:

Review originally posted HERE

"Caddie Woodlawn" is a pleasant read for kids and adults. The characters are likable and decently developed and the plot is interesting. Caddie herself is a likable heroine possessing stubbornness, great compassion, smarts, confidence, and an adventurous spirit. She rebels against society's expectation of her which leads to her positively stand up for what is right.

Several positive aspects lie within the novel's story including (but not More...

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Aug 27, 2010

Mandy rated it:

"'It's a strange thing, but somehow we expect more of girls than of boys. It is the sisters and wives and mothers, you know, Caddie, who keep the world sweet and beautiful...It's a big task, too, Caddie-- harder than cutting trees or building mills or damming rivers. It takes nerve and courage and patience, but good women have those things. They have them just as much as the men who build bridges and carve roads through the wilderness. A woman's work is something fine and noble to grow up t More...

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