Age: 10+
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Understood Betsy, by Dorothy Canfield, illustrations by Catherine Barnes. Written in 1916.
Age: 10+ Pure happiness at the end ***** Beautiful story ***** Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. My copy was printed in 1946,… Continue reading
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When the Dikes Broke, by Alta Halverson Seymour, illustrated by Al Schmidt. Written in 1958.
Age: 10+ Historical value: ***** Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Based on a true story. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. Imagine waking up in the middle… Continue reading
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Tree of Freedom, by Jean Fritz. Written in 1947.
Age: 10+ Historical value: ***** Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. This is a Newbery Honor Book. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. Wow, our ancestors were tough! This… Continue reading
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What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? By Jean Fritz. Written in 1976. Illustrated by Margot Tomes.
Age: 10+ Historical value: ***** Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. This book was named a New York Times Outstanding… Continue reading
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The Threatening Fog, by Leon Ware, written in 1952.
Age: 10+ Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. Eben Tyrell Hall lives on an Air Force base in Texas with his mom… Continue reading
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Theodore Boone, Kid Lawyer, by John Grisham. Written in 2010
Age: 10+ Positive role models: ***** Alcohol or drugs: None. Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Reminder: Nana’s Books are rated G. Anyone could read them, or listen to them being read aloud. I read this book when it first came out,… Continue reading
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The Mooring Tree, by Gertrude Robinson, written in 1957.
Age: 10+ Historical value: ***** Positive role models ***** Inappropriate language: None. Sexual references: None. Alcohol: There is ale, but it’s 1609 and ale was often cleaner than water. There is a one-sentence mention of making wine, a financial endeavor in the… Continue reading
