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The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy (The Pend...

Jeanne Birdsall

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Jul 26, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it really liked it

Shelves: summer, mood-boosting-books, children-s-books, bluebonnet

Looking for a series that offers the kind of gentle reading experience that those of us among the older crowd read commonly as children? You will find it in The Penderwicks. Long, adventurous days of exploration and imagination and fun...with no intrusion of worries from the grownup world...that's what you will get in The Penderwicks. ...more

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Jun 22, 2011 Christi rated it really liked it

cute! would love for Grace to read this.

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Jul 15, 2014 Kirsten Barber rated it really liked it

Shelves: own, genre-fiction, format-audiobook, level-middle-grade, genre-adventure, award-sc-ban-childrens, genre-realistic-fiction, setting-massachusetts, format-hard-copy, read-aloud-ideas-luke

The Penderwicks is a gentle family story with a classic feel, despite its recent publication date. The audiobook was very well done - despite having several main characters, each voice was differentiated enough so as not to be confusing. This is perfect for kids who have outgrown Clementine and Ramona.

Ages 8-12

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