false <![CDATA[Thimble Summer]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255765674m/3559325.jpg 854764 9 When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it&#8217;s magical. But is it magical enough to help her pig, Timmy, win a blue ribbon on Fair Day? 840256 book 1938 Thimble Summer total:263|5:59|4:89|3:88|2:22|1:5| 263 964 387 49 4 3 false false Sun Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 19:29:03 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 08:52:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 13 06:29:49 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 06:39:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 22 21:42:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 21:51:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 27 19:47:53 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 07:24:53 -0700 2009 here.

Thimble Summer was published in 1938 and won the Newberry Medal in 1939. It's about a 9-year-old girl named Garnet growing up on a farm in rural Southwestern Wisconsin. The book takes her through several months during one summer, through a drought, a silly runaway tr...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 13:53:30 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 14:01:48 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 16:38:36 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 16:42:07 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jul 24 14:33:01 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 14:33:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 07:27:10 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:48:46 -0700 2009 20 + Elizabeth Enright is one of my favorite authors in all the world. This book exemplifies how she could paint a picture of a child's world with just the right details to make it amazingly clear. Her insight into what makes life interesting to a young mind leads to sentences with startling evocative ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:01:45 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:45:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Nov 13 06:15:29 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 06:32:00 -0800 2008 1 The author, Elizabeth Enright, has done an extremly poor job of discribing the charachters and settings.
The chapters might as well be short stories all by them selvs; different ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 18:50:24 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 05 18:51:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 07:59:31 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 08:13:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 21:26:46 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:30:15 -0700 2009 8-10 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:17:58 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 12 21:20:50 -0800 2009 1 Little House on the Prairie, only for slightly more modern times. You won't find anything earth-shattering here. And yet, its simple sweetness is part of what makes it go...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:42:54 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:45:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 17:59:06 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 18:00:58 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:05:45 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 10:08:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jan 02 18:52:15 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 02 18:54:43 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 20:44:15 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 20:45:05 -0800 2008 1 2 0 false false Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 21:17:01 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 20:57:44 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3559325