Homespun Sarah by Verla Kay

Homespun Sarah Reviews

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  Shari

  Lovely rhyming verse about the life of a young girl in the colonial period. Authors note in the beginning of story is particularly helpful and interesting.
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  Dan Blackley

  This is about a colonial girl.
  
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  Dolly

  This is a fun and educational story about life in the 1700s in early colonial times. The rhyming narrative and colorful illustrations depict the various facets of day-to-day life and the difficulties experienced by early settlers. I like that the story of the young girl outgrowing the one dress she has is woven throughout the tale we really liked the ending. Our youngest could emphathize with the younger sister getting hand-me-downs from her older sister. We found this book at our local library on a shelf of books about life in America, in celebration of Independence Day. We all learned a little more about life in those times and enjoyed reading this book together.
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  Shawna

  This book that gives the chilren a fairly accurate depiction of what living in the the West was like could be used in so many ways. You could use it with any Social Studies unit as a poetry extension or a short way to show how hard it was to live and take care of the farms. It could used along with Traveling trunks and the National Park Trunks you could also use it in conjuntion with a lesson on how working hard and the benefits of it (the dress).
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  Kathryn

  I love how Kay subverts sentence structure, often switching the predicate and subject, and that though fragmented, each sentence has distinct meaning. She also almost always flips the tag by putting the speaker tag before the dialogue, which I love because it goes against everything you're taught about creative writing. She breaks every rule, but she does it so well you don't even notice (unless you're looking for it).
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  Rebecca

  Spare rhyming words and active watercolors by Ted Rand tell the story of a young girl's day on a 1700s Pennsylvania farm. There is a lot more here than you may initially realize, especially if you read the Author's Note at the beginning. This is a straightforward look at the hard work of farm life and survival in pioneer days.
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  Robin

  One of my favorite historical fiction picture books. Simple and delightful, without glossing things over too much. Lively watercolors by Rand add a lot of character and period detail. Highly recommended for ages 4-7.
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  Amy!

  My review
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  Katie

  poem, rhyme, flowing good word choice
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  Courtney Bemiller

  Very good descriptions of Pioneers and their lifestyle
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  Lorena

  I like the verse. It's very simple.
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  Melanie

  Loved the poetry and the illustrations in this story about a pioneer girl.
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  Shannon

  This was my 6 year old's favorite of the books we read about Colonial America. I love how it showed how much work goes into creating a new dress.
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  Melissa

  I love Ted Rand, the illustrator, and I can't believe the author made the whole thing rhyme! I learned something and had fun reading it aloud. A great book!
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  Nathan

  Dated, but people still live this way.