The Book Shelf: Saving Strawberry Farm

Saving Strawberry Farm

Deborah Hopkinson

32 Pages

Ages 4-8

Summary

This story takes place in the great depression when no body had much money to spare. On the fourth of July, Davey's family decided that, no matter how tough times were, they could spare something to celebrate the nation's birthday. The family decides to have a picnic and the mother sends Davey and his little sister down to the store to get some ice. It is at the store that the boy learns that one of the nicest ladies in town could not afford to make the payments on her farm and was about to lose it in an auction. The own gets together and decides to turn the auction into a penny auction (where all the people decided to keep the bid as low as possible so that the true owner can buy her farm back). That summer, they saved strawberry farm.

The Original Purpose

This blog actually originated as a class assignment. The first "younger reading" class I took had each student create a different note card for every book they read. The note card was to have all of the information on the book as well as a brief summary and our reaction to what we read. With my children's literature class being the second class that required a similar assignment, I decided that a blog was more practical than trying to find some place to store several hundred 3x5 notecards. Thus the birth of "The Book Shelf." I hope you enjoy my insights.