Lumber Camp Library

by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

Book Overview

A charming chapter book set in the early 1900s in rural Vermont, by the award-winning author of The Canada Geese Quilt. This is a great choice for emerging readers who are ready for chapter books.

To Ruby, her log-riding lumberjack pa is the most wonderful person in the world. There's nothing she'd rather do than follow in his footprints, but a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl.

So...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064442926
• ISBN13: 9780064442923
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 6 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 5

Customer Reviews

awesome!!!!

Hi! I am 8 years old. I was the first to read this book in my family. When I finished it, I told my mom, "You have to read it!" It is very good. I think it deserves 5 stars. If I ever have kids, I will read it to them!

For the love of reading

This is an old fashioned story with all the elements of a good read. The Pa in the story dies, leaving behind a wife and 11 children. Ruby, the oldest, has been going to school just long enough to learn how to read and write. With Pa gone, she must quit school to care for the younger children while her Ma becomes the cook for the local lumber camp. Ruby loves books and wants to become a teacher some day. How will this happen now? This story shows how a simple kindness to a stranger can be a life-changing event. I don't want to give away the ending - let's just say that if you love to read and share that joy with others - you'll find this book to be a welcome addition to any home or school library. I can't wait to bring it to my elementary classroom and share it with my students!