The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Penderwicks, #1) in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Mar 11, 2013 Chelsea rated it liked it

Shelves: childrens, award-winners

Birdsall, Jeanne. The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy. New York: Knopf, 2005. Print. 262 p.
Subgenre: Family

The Penderwick family is made up of twelve year old Rosalind, eleven year old Skye, ten year old Jane, four year old Batty, dad, and Hound the dog. The girls' mother passed away after the birth of the youngest sister, leaving their gentle, botanist father to raise them. This summer, the family is unable to visit their usual beach vacation ...more

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Jul 14, 2011 Gina rated it really liked it

This was such a fun little book that I ended up reading on my own, because my son didn't like the fact that there were no pictures. Each Penderwick daughter was unique and precious in her own way. Rosalind, the eldest, is much more mature than her age and acts as mother to her younger sisters. Next we have Skye who is the more adventurous sister and tends to get into trouble with her outspoken and rambunctious ways. Jane is the the third daughter, the dreamer. She's the little writer, and of cou ...more

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Jan 29, 2024 Haley rated it really liked it

Shelves: feel-good-books, not-just-for-children, young-audiences, books-to-read-in-summer, award-winning-books, award-winning-authors, read-alouds, read-with-scarlett, family-dynamics, read-with-august

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Jul 18, 2018 Celeste rated it really liked it

Shelves: audio-book

What a cute fun read! Great characters and setting with fun summer adventures.

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Jan 08, 2012 Kathy rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: juvenile-fiction

Rachel recieved this book for Christmas, she loved it. Steve then read it and he loved it. My turn now.

Finished it. What a lovely little book this was. It reminded me of classic chidlren's literature like The Secret Garden, and Anne of Green Gables. Rachel has already read the next one... I think I will too! ...more

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