

A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to. A Few Reviews: This story, told with sensitive beauty, should widen the horizons of those who read it.The Horn Book In the 1940s I was a third grader in the Seattle area. Read 213 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers.

Janey hopes and hopes that Dad will win!Now sit back, relax, and listen to this story come to life. Doris Gates is also known for her collections of Greek mythology, including A Fair Wind for Troy. She wishes she could go to the regular school, to belong to the regular school, but one consolation is that Miss Peterson, the teacher at the camp school, must certainly be the most wonderful teacher in the world! And then there is the county cotton picking contest. Written by a librarian who worked with migrant children in Fresno, California, this story of a migrant girl who longs for a permanent home was considered groundbreaking in its portrayal of contemporary working-class life in America. The stories that fall under that special permission will all be taken down on that date, so listen now, while they’re available! Today’s story is shared with permission of Penguin Random House Publishing Company.Now Janey is going to the Camp Miller school, in the cotton camp. Blue Willow is a realistic children's fiction book by Doris Gates, published in 1940.Called the 'juvenile Grapes of Wrath', it was named a Newbery Honor book in 1941. To help bring more stories to more readers, many publishing companies are allowing books that are normally unavailable for copyright reasons to be read out loud and shared with others until December 31, 2022. During this time of Covid, many people aren’t able to use the library in the same way as in the past.
