Courage, Tenacity and Self-Reliance

The Bobbin Girl By Emily Arnold McCully Winner of the Caldecott Medal for Mirette on the High Wire, Ms. McCully here turns her hand to a wonderful tale based on the inspiring memoirs of a real Lowell, Massachusetts mill worker of the 1830’s, one Harriet Hanson Robinson. Themes of women appearing in the work force…

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Way Back Wednesday Essential Classic

Mirette on the High Wire- Emily Arnold McCully   Mirette on the High Wire is a wonderful book. Winner of the Randolph Caldecott Medal, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book, an ALA Notable Book and an ABA pick of the list book. She is much like the Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables.…

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