Duck Dreams: City Boy to Farmer Boy
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (992 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0615905633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 158 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Can a city boy become a farmer boy? Read and find out. 'Cesca A warm and wonderful story with a taste of what it was like living as an immigrant family in the USA in the early 1900's. It is filled with suspense and humor as brothers Simon and Benny learn about the hard work, responsibility and, sometimes, disappointment involved in rais. Margaret P. said Brilliant, evocative story of immigrant life. Duck Dreams is wonderfully evocative of the early years of the "Brilliant, evocative story of immigrant life" according to Margaret P.. Duck Dreams is wonderfully evocative of the early years of the 20th century near Boston, where new immigrants faced a land of both great opportunity and deep-seated prejudice.Segel captures especially well the way kids think and act. They try hard, fail, learn painful lessons. 0th century near Boston, where new immigrants faced a land of both great opportunity and deep-seated prejudice.Segel captures especially well the way kids think and act. They try hard, fail, learn painful lessons. I first met this author at writer's group when she I first met this author at writer's group when she was writing this story, but I left the group before hearing the endof it. I was so excited to see that she finished writing and published the book and could not wait for it to come in the mail. As soon as it arrived I dropped
Praise for Duck Dreams "The plotting is so skillful you hardly know it's there - you just want the story to go on (and on) and you admire the tenets on which it exists." - Joan Blos, Newbery Medal and American Book Award winning children's author
Simon doesn’t care if he never sees Patrick again. He has something else to worry about. “Who ever heard of a Jewish farmer?” his uncle scoffs. Patrick’s Irish family is destitute and in trying to help them, Simon gets into serious trouble. The aunt he’s never seen, who was a little girl when Simon’s mother left Russia years ago, is coming to live with his family if she can escape from Russia and survive the difficult voyage to America. Little does Simon know that his Aunt Rifka will help him make his farm dream a reality.. Simon works hard after school to make their new home a real farm, so that his father doesn’t have to work so hard in the clothing business, but he encounters many setbacks, among them a chicken-cheater, duck disasters (2), and a challenging friendship. But after Simon’s little brother almost gets stepped on by a huge carthorse in the street teeming with traffic, Simon’s parents decide to buy a house away from the city’s dangers. Simon Hirsh, living in 1910 in a crowded Boston tenement, wants to be a farmer when he grows up. Simon and Patrick–both outsiders–become friends. Too proud to accept charity, Patrick turns on Simon and they have a bitter fight
She has published more than 30 articles and reviews on children’s literature, and co-founded and directed Beginning with Books, a pioneering program that developed many ways to increase the number of children who became capable lifelong readers. After all this work with children’s books, she decided it was time to try one of her own! Anni Matsick creates artwork for children's publications. More of her work can