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Strawberry Girl: A Newbery Award Winner
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Strawberry Girl: A Newbery Award Winner Hardcover - 1945

by Lois Lenski; Lois Lenski (Illustrator)

Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking the strawberries. Her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. Making the new farm prosper won't be easy--what with the heat, the droughts, the cold snaps and the neighbors.


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Rediscover this Newbery Medal-winning classic, a favorite of generations.

Strawberries--big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting. "Don't count your biddies 'fore they're hatched, gal young un!" her father tells her.

Making the new farm prosper is not easy. There is heat to suffer through, and droughts, and cold snaps. And, perhaps most worrisome of all for the Boyers, there are rowdy neighbors, just itching to start a feud. The land was theirs, but so were its hardships.

Teachers, grandparents, and homeschooling families continue to reach for Lois Lenski's Strawberry Girl. As one fan commented, a reason for its continued success is that it's "a touching, realistic tale of the power of neighborly love and kindness."

From the rear cover

Birdie Boyer was a Florida Cracker. She belonged to a large "strawberry family," who lived on a flatwoods farm in the lake section of the state. They raised strawberries for a living.

Through all the hazards of the uncertain crop -- battling against dry weather and grass fires, the roving hogs and cattle of their neighbors -- Birdie dreamed of an education that would include playing the organ. In the end she won not only the title of "strawberry girl," but book learning as well.

This is a story full of enterprise and fun and tire excitement of real life in this interesting part of America.

Lois Lenski has used again her gift for catching the flavor and drama of life in a remote corner of America. It is the second of a series of regional stories through which she promises to introduce other fascinating and little-known backgrounds to boys and girls. This story will take a place beside her popular Louisiana story Bayou Suzette in the affection of readers.

The eighty-four illustrations are distinguished for their action and fascinating detail. They add greatly to this true picture of Florida life at a time when old Florida ways were changing to new.

Winner, 1946 Newbery Medal
Notable Children's Books of 1945 (ALA)

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  • Title Strawberry Girl: A Newbery Award Winner
  • Author Lois Lenski; Lois Lenski (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher HarperCollins, New York
  • Date 1945-01-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780397301096 / 039730109X
  • Weight 1.55 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 6.5 x 1.1 in (21.84 x 16.51 x 2.79 cm)
  • Ages 08 to 12 years
  • Grade levels 3 - 7
  • Reading level 650
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
    • Catalog Heading: Classics
    • Cultural Region: South Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Southeast U.S.
    • Curriculum Strand: Language Arts/Literature
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Geographic Orientation: Florida
    • Topical: Family
  • Library of Congress subjects Farm life - Fiction, Florida - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 45007609
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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