Product Description

A complete guide to teaching the Newbery Award winner, Caddie Woodlawn. Includes an author biography, background information, summaries, thought-provoking discussion questions, as well as creative, cross-curricular activities and reproducibles that motivate students.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2003599 in Books
• Published on: 2003-11
• Format: Large Print
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 260 pages

From Amazon.com
At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother's childhood, the adventures of Caddie and her brothers are still exciting over 60 years later. With each chapter comes another ever-more exciting adventure: a midnight gallop on her horse across a frozen river to warn her American Indian friends of the white men's plan to attack; a prairie fire approaching the school house; and a letter from England that may change the family's life forever. This Newbery Medal-winning book bursts at the seams with Caddie's irrepressible spirit. In spite of her mother's misgivings, Caddie is a perfect role model for any girl--or boy, for that matter. She's big-hearted, she's brave, and she's mechanically inclined! (Ages 9 to 12)

From AudioFile
Caddie Woodlawn chronicles the life of a tomboy bordering on womanhood in pioneer Wisconsin. Even though there's no high level excitement, the story presents episodes of humanity and comedy. The book is full of children, so a younger, clearer voice might have been more appealing and believable than Alexander's. Her tone seems too mature, at first, yet she skillfully draws each child's personality through her vocal characterizations. The story isn't particularly captivating, but the performance helps to entice the listener. D.D.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Ingram
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.