Ida B
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780007234202 (0007234201)
Publish date: April 2nd 2007
Publisher: HarperCollins
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Academic,
School,
Book Club,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Contemporary,
Chapter Books
Ida B is a heroine in the mold of some of my all time favorites - Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pippi Longstocking; Ramona Quimby; even the more recent Clementine - although I'm most sure that she would be bosom friends with Anne Shirley (of Green Gables fame). The things that I loved best about Anne Shirl...
Can't believe it took me so long to read this. Can't wait to read it to Molly someday. Very Kate DiCamillo-esque. Just stellar all 'round.
This is a good read to remember when childhood was part imagine and part hard times.
Ida B. lives a good life. Her parents rescue her from the mean teacher, opting to home-school her instead. The family lives on an expansive farm, with plenty of trees. There is a never ending supply on fun available to Ida B., most of which she manufactures using her brilliant imagination. Then one ...
Another recommendation from a coworker. Ida B was such a loveable character and I was sad when the book ended.
13 years ago
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