From: Anne Dean Mackintosh <annedean>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 12:35:05 +0100

My name is Anne Dean Mackintosh, and I teach a reading enrichment program I've designed at a small Friends (Quaker) school in Haddonfield, New Jersey. One of the books I occasionally use with third graders is a book I loved as a child: The Good Master by Kate Seredy, which, like Caddie Woodlawn,tells of a brave and adventurous girl growing up and not easily growing into her young womanhood. (Like Caddie, Kate is based on the life of a read person.) It's not always easy to find books in which girls are the main characters that appeal to both boys and girls-- Kate and Caddie,joined by a cousin and brothers, do. Occasionally some fourth or fifth graders will read the sequel to The Good Master, The Singing Tree, and are moved by the World War I effects on the family.
        So-- classics for me are The Good Master and The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy, set in Hungary, and Caddie Woodlawn-- does every child in Wisconsin read this wonderful book?
        I very much enjoy reading the insights shared by the readers on this list. Thank you for your efforts and encouragement! ADM
Received on Tue 08 Jul 1997 06:35:05 AM CDT