My Great-Aunt Arizona
Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. She grew into a tall girl who liked to sing, square-dance, and -- most of all -- read and dream of the faraway places she would visit one day.Arizona never did make it to those places. Instead she became a teacher, helping generations of children in...
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Arizona was born in a log cabin her papa built. She grew into a tall girl who liked to sing, square-dance, and -- most of all -- read and dream of the faraway places she would visit one day.Arizona never did make it to those places. Instead she became a teacher, helping generations of children in the one-room schoolhouse which she herself had attended. Gloria Houston's Joyous recounting of her great-aunt Arizona's quiet yet meaningful life reminds us of the magical place a special teacher can hold in our hearts.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780064433747 (0064433749)
ASIN: 0064433749
Publish date: 1997-03-14
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Love,
Academic,
School,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Family,
Picture Books,
Teachers,
Fiction
My Great-Aunt Arizona written by Gloria Houston is a 4.0 on the Accelerated Reading leveling system. This story is from the point of view of a young girl telling about her great-aunt named Arizona. Arizona teaches at a one room school house for many years. The children come and go, but she touches e...
All the cool kids were reading this over at the Children's Book group for our monthly thematic picture book club. September's theme was appropriately 'back to school' and I really regretted that I wasn't able to fully participate. Especially when all my friends kept posting tantalizing reviews! T...
14 years ago
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