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Born and Bred in the Great Depression

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East Texas, the 1930s—the Great Depression. Award-winning author Jonah Winter's father grew up with seven siblings in a tiny house on the edge of town. In this picture book, Winter shares his family history in a lyrical text that is clear, honest, and utterly accessible to young readers, accompanied by Kimberly Bulcken Root's rich, gorgeous illustrations. Here is a celebration of family and of making do with what you have—a wonderful classroom book that's also perfect for children and parents to share.

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ISBN-13:	9780375983856
Publisher:	Random House Children's Books
Publication date:	10/11/2011
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	946,095
File size:	11 MB
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Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

JONAH WINTER is the author of Here Comes the Garbage Barge!, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book; You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!, an ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book; Muhammad Ali: Champion of the World; and Dizzy, the recipient of five starred reviews and Best Book of the Year citations from Booklist, School Library Journal, Horn Book, The Bulletin, and Kirkus Reviews. He also wrote Roberto Clemente, Diego, and more.

KIMBERLY BULCKEN ROOT was born in York, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Connecticut and South Carolina. She is the award-winning illustrator of over 30 children's books, including Papa's Bedtime Story by Marly Lee Donovan, a Silver Medal winner in the Society of Illustrators' Children's Book Original Art Exhibition. When the Whippoorwill Calls by Candice F. Ransom was a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year. Hugh Can Do and The Toll-Bridge Troll were both named ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Books. Birdie's Lighthouse won a Parents' Choice Honor Award and was a Bulletin Blue Ribble Books.

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K-Gr 4—The wonder of nonfiction these days is how beautifully it is written. No more lackluster text meant to inform but not to delight. Winter has told the story of the Great Depression through the eyes of his father, who was the youngest of eight children at that time. Further, he tells the story in eloquent verse that is a treat to read aloud. Its unhurried pace feels like the time period in which people sat on porches with their banjos and played games. While his father's family barely scraped by, the children never went hungry and their pride was intact. Winter incorporates quite a few facts about the Depression that supplement the family's experience. He tells about the Hoovervilles where the homeless camped and the wandering hoboes who left signs for those coming after them to identify a friendly home. Root's soft and nostalgic pastel palette is the perfect choice for the verse that is equally soft and nostalgic. The endpapers adorned with the author's family photos extend the artwork and the topic even further. This book will have more of an impact on readers than a listing of facts about the era. Seeing how real people led their lives with an appreciation for things "that didn't cost a single penny" brings the period alive in a way that a textbook never could. A great addition to any library.—Joan Kindig, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA

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The book manages to be melancholy without being sad…Born and Bred in the Great Depression is…deeply engaging on an emotional level. Root's old-fashioned pencil, ink and watercolor illustrations…work well with the text.
—The New York Times Book Review

Marjorie Ingall

Root’s sun-faded, ink-and-wash drawings make gentle companions for Winter’s (Here Comes the Garbage Barge!) account of his father’s hardscrabble Depression-era childhood. She softens the rough edges and sees the beauty of the East Texas country where Grandpa Winter lives with his wife and eight children. Directly addressing his father in second-person narration, Winter pulls no punches about the humiliation Grandpa Winter faced to keep his family fed (“Some mornings... he had to run a footrace against other men like him./ If he won, that meant he got to work that day”); Root (Whatever Happened to the Pony Express?) shows Grandpa Winter crossing the finish line a stride ahead of the other men. “But you’ve also said/ you never went hungry,” Winter recalls, as Root draws the family gathered around a table spread with vegetables from the garden. There’s time for fun, too, such as a trip to the icehouse in the old Model T. Winter’s writing is thoughtful and deeply felt. Root’s portraits of the boy’s solitary exploration convey the force of Winter’s message about “learning to love those things/ that didn’t cost a single penny.” Ages 5–9. (Oct.)

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