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Title: The Courage of Sarah Noble by Alice Dalgliesh, Leonard Weisgard ISBN: 0689715404 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: October, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17
Rating: 5
Summary: A great transition from children's picture books to READING.
Comment: This is an interesting book that children -- if at all interested in historical fiction -- can relate to. It is a semi-true, somewhat embellished, story of an eight-year-old girl, Sarah Noble, who travels with her father from Massachusetts to Connecticut to build a home in the wilderness. She must face fears of animals, Indians, and loneliness, as she responds to the need of her father to have someone along on the journey to cook for him. I have sat with three young learning disabled children as they individually read through this book and became demonstrably better readers. At times a difficult book, the vocabulary repeats itself without feeling redundant. A reader has many opportunities to be successful. The phonics constructions also repeat. I wonder if this was the author's intention as she wrote this excellent transition reader. A good story. A nice discussion of emotions. A good history read. A well-written book.
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent introduction to chapter books.
Comment: This was one of my favorite books when I was a little girl. It's about an eight year old girl in 1707 who goes into the wilderness with her father to help build a new home for her family. Before she leaves, some children frighten her with stories about Indians who will capture her and eat her or chop off her head. As she travels with her father, Sarah Noble must conquer all her fears. Finally, in her new home, Sarah meets Indian children who frighten her at first, but turn out to be nice kids who become her friends.
I bought this book for my 6-year-old daughter recently, fearing it wouldn't hold up after all these decades. After all, I grew up with cowboy movie images of "savage" Indians, and felt Sarah's fear. But my daughter, like most children today, hasn't grown up with that racist garbage. She wouldn't understand why anyone would be afraid of Native Americans. That's a good thing, of course, but I suspected changed attitudes would take away a lot of the book's suspense.
But the book holds up better than I expected. My daughter recognized immediately that the children who teased Sarah at the beginning were just being mean and didn't know anything about Indians. That the Indian children turn out to be just like her didn't come as a surprise. But Sarah's journey to a new place, being in the woods with scary animal sounds, all living temporarily in a cave all seemed like real dangers to her. And so, even though some of the "message" of the book has become a little dated, the plot holds up well. My daughter and I both enjoyed the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Sarah Noble: fun
Comment: I disliked the book because sarah's father came back and I wanted Sarah to stay with the Indians. I liked the book because some parts were funny. I liked when the children were picking on sarah.
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Title: The Bears on Hemlock Mountain by Alice Dalgliesh, Helen Sewell ISBN: 0689716044 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Juv) Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims by Clyde Robert Bulla, Richard Williams, Peter Burchard ISBN: 0590440551 Publisher: Scholastic Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $4.50 |
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Title: The White Stallion by Elizabeth Shub ISBN: 0440412927 Publisher: Laure Leaf Pub. Date: March, 1996 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: The Matchlock Gun by Paul Lantz, Walter D. Edmonds ISBN: 0698116801 Publisher: Puffin Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Guide for Using The Courage of Sarah Noble in the Classroom by Debra J. Housel, Teacher Created Materials Inc ISBN: 1576906426 Publisher: Teacher Created Materials Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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