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An eleven-year-old Mennonite girl enjoys the sights, sounds, and activities of autumn, from helping the older students in her one-room school house prepare a "food roll" for their teacher to walking quietly through the rustling corn fields under a beautiful harvest moon. Based on a true story. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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The book follows Elva’s adventures throughout the fall as she reluctantly starts her new school year, participates in the traditional “food roll” for the new teacher, tries to study fifth-grade arithmetic which she hates, learns an important lesson about lying while pretending to be sick so that she can play hooky from school to escape an arithmetic test, and joins in the family harvest activities. In the back are a glossary that will help readers to understand a number of Pennsylvania Dutch concepts, and a couple of recipes for tomato soup and browned butter which are mentioned in the story. Both children and adults can laugh with Elva while they also reflect on the various principles which her life and experiences impress upon her. Author and illustrator Elva Hurst is perhaps best known for her book 2006 picture book Woolly: My Pet Lamb. She also has another picture book, Johnny, The Story of a Doll.
When we were in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country last year, I noticed the four books of Hurst’s Farm Life Series and picked up this one because I am interested in anything related to old schools. I now wish that I had bought all four. Book 1 is The Pony Cart Adventure (2008) and must take place the summer before When School Bells Call because in the latter Elva writes, “There would be no more swimming in the creek or pony cart adventures. Linda and I laughed as we recalled our unforgettable pony cart ride to town and coming back in a thunder storm.” Book 3 is A Country Girl's Christmas (2009), and Book 4 is Then Comes Spring. A similar book, True Friend, about a horse, was written by Elva's daughter, Bethany, age twelve. I certainly enjoyed reading about Elva’s school days. ( )