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The Resource Children of the Great Depression, Russell Freedman

Children of the Great Depression, Russell Freedman

Label
Children of the Great Depression
Title
Children of the Great Depression
Statement of responsibility
Russell Freedman
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Life was hard for children during the Great Depression: kids had to do without new clothes, shoes, or toys, and many couldn't attend school because they had to work. Even so, life still had its bright spots. Take a closer look at the lives of young Americans during this era
Summary
Through memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression, including middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, and others
Tone
Writing style
Award
  • Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction, 2005.
  • NCTE Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Award, 2006.
  • ALA Notable Children's Book, 2006
  • Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2005
Awards note
A Junior Library Guild selection.
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
164330
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1929-2018
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Freedman, Russell
Dewey number
305.23/0973/0904
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Intended audience
  • 1170
  • 1170L
Intended audience source
  • Lexile
  • Lexile
LC call number
HQ792.U5
LC item number
F738 2005
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
1170
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
  • 4
  • 8
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
True
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Children
  • Children
  • Depressions
  • United States
  • Children
  • Children
  • Depressions
  • United States
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Children of the Great Depression, Russell Freedman
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005006506.html
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "The paperback edition published in the United States by Sandpiper, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company."
  • "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Clariou Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"The sight of my father crying" -- "Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" -- In and out of school -- Kids at work -- "Okie, go home!" -- Boxcar kids -- The Lone Ranger and Captain Midnight -- A brighter tomorrow
Control code
2516701
Dimensions
23 x 26 cm
Extent
x, 118 pages
Isbn
9780618446308
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2005006506
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9780618446308
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm58976036
Label
Children of the Great Depression, Russell Freedman
Link
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0510/2005006506.html
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • "The paperback edition published in the United States by Sandpiper, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company."
  • "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Clariou Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company."
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-112) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
"The sight of my father crying" -- "Ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished" -- In and out of school -- Kids at work -- "Okie, go home!" -- Boxcar kids -- The Lone Ranger and Captain Midnight -- A brighter tomorrow
Control code
2516701
Dimensions
23 x 26 cm
Extent
x, 118 pages
Isbn
9780618446308
Isbn Type
(hardcover)
Lccn
2005006506
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9780618446308
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)ocm58976036

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