books by Susan Campbell Bartoletti     books:       My Name Is America: The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie3 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic Inc., 2003 NEWSIE!!!!!!!!!! I really like the movie "Newsies" that was made in 1992, so when I found this book at our library, I just had to read it. The only thing bad about this book, is that it doesn't have alot of stuff about the strike. The entrees were only 2 paragraphs long. Other than that I think it was a great book. I like Racetrack, Being that he is my favorite in the movie, and in this book, he's not much ...             Kids On Strike!6 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sandpiper, 2003 One child's response My seven-year-old daughter is reading this book now. This morning, she said to me, "Daddy, I'm so glad you got me this book from the library. But there's one thing I don't like: those companies were so mean! And why? Because of money, that's why! But those people aren't any better than other people are. It's just the way the black people used to be treated, it wasn't fair. People should be ...             Growing Up in Coal Country10 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sandpiper, 1999 Not in the past, but a fight for today My family roots are in Southern West Virginia soft smokeless coal, which was once the center of world coal production, not the harder Pennsylvania anthracite that is the center of this book, but coal mining is coal mining. This book gives a good picture of the lives, work, struggles, and creation of anthracite miners, not just as an economic or political group, but as people. The touching, ...             A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska (Dear America)89 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti, 2000 Every Young Girl Should Read this Book Unlike most books, this books weaves the more likely realities of life: disappointments, hardships. It portrays a young girl who evolves into a beautiful, loving, STRONG woman. I LOVED THIS BOOK! Do youself a favor, Mothers, and get this book for your daughters. It shows how life presents unexpected events, bad and good. How stoicism, perseverance and faith prevail. Yet it is also ...             Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-185010 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sandpiper, 2005 excellent summary of famine Black Potatoes is a very readable and understandable review of the important elements of the Irish potato famine of the 1840s. Wishing to learn more about this essential event in my Irish-American heritage, I read the book, The Great Hunger, which is offered and reviewed separately at this site. I mistakenly thought that would be a better read than Black Potatoes which is advertised as being ...             Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow30 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic Nonfiction, 2005 Very Informative I found this book to be very informative and interesting. The way that the author presents the information in this book really helped me understand how so many Germans, and especially German youth, would invest their time and talents by supporting the Nazi cause. She is able to help us understand why some choose to follow Hitler, while others did not. She is able to do this by presenting us ...             A Coal Miner's Bride the Diary of Anetka Saminska (Dear America) (Dear America) Campbell, Bartoletti Susan Scholastic, Inc., 2002             The Flag Maker Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sandpiper, 2007 Here in lyrical prose is the story of the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that became the national anthem of the United States. This flag, which came to be known as the Star-Spangled Banner, also inspired author Susan Campbell Bartoletti, who, upon seeing it at the Smithsonian Institution, became curious about the hands that had sewn it. Here is her story of the early days of this flag as seen through the eyes of young ...             They Called Themselves the K.K.K.: The Birth of an American Terrorist Group Susan Campbell Bartoletti Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2010 Boys, let us get up a club. With those words, six restless young men raided the linens at a friend?s mansion, pulled pillowcases over their heads, hopped on horses, and cavorted through the streets of Pulaski, Tennessee. The six friends named their club the Ku Klux Klan, and, all too quickly, their club grew into the self-proclaimed Invisible Empire with secret dens spread across the South.   This is the story of how a secret terrorist group ...             Boy Who Dared18 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic Press, 2008 BLT Reviews As Helmuth sits in his prison cell awaiting a death sentence, he recounts his life as it leads up to his rebellious choices. In Helmuth's world you can't say bad stuff about the government, you can't write or read things criticizing the government, freedom of speach is gone, and the Gestpo [police] constantly bully people into bending to their will. What will? The will of the Nazis. Helmuth ...             Nobody's Diggier Than a Dog3 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Hyperion Book CH, 2005 my toddler & I love this book The inventive wordplay and comedic insight into dogs' personalities amuses me, the bouncing rhythm of the text and the illustrations make this my toddler's current favorite. He spots the black cat that gets chased by a dog in the background across every page, and the illustrations are full of things he recognizes. The illustrations are also noteworthy, in that the stylized dogs on each page ...             No Man's Land15 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Blue Sky Press, 1999 No Man's Land: A Young Soldier's Story No Man's Land: A Young Soldier's Story, is a great book, especially for kids. It has the action to keep kids interested, but also at the same time teaches them about the Civil War. I currently have this on my favorites shelf, as well. I own this hardcover copy that I had signed by Susan Bartoletti. Great Book. *****             The Christmas Promise1 review Susan Campbell Bartoletti Blue Sky Press, 2001 A very fine story of family Christmas spirit In Susan Bartoletti's The Christmas Promise, a young girl and her poor father have little to share on Christmas, but they have their love and trust, even when the authorities threaten them for their wayward lifestyle. David Christiana's captivating and sensitive drawings showcase this very fine story of family Christmas spirit.             Study Skills Workout2 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Good Year Books, 1996 Study Skills Workout I would recommend this book for a comprehensive and easy to follow activities students enjoy. I used this guide for a Saturday Enrichment class for high school students failing in one or more classes. After completing the STUDY SKILL WORKOUT the students improved in their classes and had a better understanding for a acquiring good study skills and habits. I am ordering a copy of the book to ...             Nobody's Nosier Than a Cat3 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Hyperion Book CH, 2003 Cats Great book for any cat lover author of "Hobo Finds A Home"             A Coal Miner's Bride: the Diary of Anetka Kaminska, Latimer, Pennsylvania 1896 (Dear America Series)3 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic, 2003 A Coal Miner's Bride This story is about a Polish girl named Anetka who is thirteen years old is immigrating to Lattimer, Pennsylvania. She hopes to find her true love of an American-Polish miner named Stanley who has three little girls. She loved him but, he doesn't love her back. His three girls hated Anetka. But in the end of the middle part, the three girls loved Anetka and Stanley, her husband died. Before ...             Silver at Night1 review Susan Campbell Bartoletti Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1994 Great children's book This is a great book about how many immigrants came to the United States in the late 1800's and early 1900's and worked in the coal mines to save up money to bring all other family members over. It is especially appropriate for children in Wyoming, Colorado, Pennsylvania and other areas where coal mining was part of their economy.             The Boy Who Dared Susan Campbell Bartoletti Scholastic Press, New York, 2008 Just as the Nazis are rising to power, Helmuth Hubener, a German schoolboy, is caught up in all the swashbuckling bravado of his time. The handsome stormtrooper uniforms, the shiny jackboots and armbands, the rousing patriotism - all serve to draw him into this bright new world full of promise and hope. In the beginning his patriotism is unwavering. But every day the rights of people all over Germany are diminishing. Jews are threatened and ...             Dancing with Dziadziu3 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Harcourt Children's Books, 1997 --Lovely Memories-- This is a sweet and gentle story of a young girl's relationship with her grandmother. Gabriella loved dancing and would practice her ballet for her dear Babci who was very old and bedridden. As the child danced, Babci would start to reminisce about when she was young, and would tell Gabriella stories about her former life in her native country, Poland. She told of dancing with her husband ...              search for books 1845-1850, america, american, called, christmas, country, dancing, diggier, dziadziu, famine, growing, hitler, journal, kaminska, latimer, newsie, nobody, nosier, pennsylvania, potatoes, promise, reardon, saminska, series, shadow, silver, strike, terrorist, themselves, workout books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: European Politics in Transition home  impressum - about us