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  <title><![CDATA[They Were Strong and Good]]></title>
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  <default_description> Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States.  </default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1940</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert Lawson]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Caldecott medal winner in 1941. The title refers to the author's parents and grandparents, and through them to the generations that made the US what it was at the brink of WWII. (Why 'strong and good', I wonder, rather than 'good and strong', which IMO has a better ring.) Nationalistic? Sure, but no...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46773606">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the story of Robert Lawson's family:  his mother and father, and his grandparents, as he remembers hearing it as a small boy.  This is the story of his mother's father, who was a Scotch sea captain, and a parrot who ate most of a panama hat. This is the story of his mother's mother, a little...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51428844">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon May 18 19:21:00 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[ This is a very good, strong personal family history told by an author whose books have been loved by several generations. Robert Lawson affectionately allows his fans a look into the kinds of people that eventually descended to result in himself, and he does this with skillful illustrations and equ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56559343">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="76221623">
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  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Caldecott Medal winner from 1941.  A somewhat fictionalized/embellished illustrated family history from Robert Lawson.  It has some pleasant and enjoyable moments of seemingly tongue-in-cheek humor; but also has really outdated depictions of people who are not Caucasian.  Interesting as a study of t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76221623">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very cool book.  A wonderful way to illustrate that even those who don't make the history books are important parts of American heritage. ]]></body>
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    <review id="44517259">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice story about our country's history, how it effected people.]]></body>
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    <review id="60127967">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my all time favorite books. The best there is.]]></body>
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    <review id="64271087">
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    <body><![CDATA[Caldecott medal ]]></body>
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    <review id="25935944">
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting way to tell a story, I liked the concept but the story itself didn't really interest me and I couldn't see a child liking it much.  The illustrations were fairly nice, but I wasn't majorly impressed with them.  <br/><br/>*Taken from my book reviews blog:http://reviewsatmse....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25935944">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jan 31 17:00:51 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is really great.  I didn't know if Marta would like it, but she's had me read it every day for the past 3 days.  It's the story of Robert Lawson's grandparents and parents.  The way he tells it is slow and fun - just a good story.]]></body>
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    <review id="29389171">
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  <read_at>Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The story of Robert Lawson's parents and grandparents.  Reading this made me want to write something similar for my family.  I particularly liked the portraits he drew of each of his parents and grandparents as he introduced them.]]></body>
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    <review id="24730605">
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  <read_at>Thu Jun 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I particularly liked the pen and ink illustrations. <br/><br/>But mostly, I think everyone should write a little booklet of what they know about their parents and grandparents.  It would be priceless to generations to come.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="19278724">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my least favorite of the Caldecott Medal winners I've read so far.  The author tells the story of his grandparents and parents.  I think it moves slowly and too predictably.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I debated whether I should shave a star off or not. I wish we could use half-stars here. The illustrations were what swayed my vote - the story was fine for what it was.]]></body>
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