Roller Skates

Ruth Sawyer

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Winner:Newbery Medal -Children's (1937)

Lucinda's year in New York City began when her family went to Europe and left her with Miss Peters - not, thank Heaven, with Aunt Emily and her four docile, ladylike daughters. Miss Peters understood that a girl of ten wanted to roller-skate to school, and stop and chat with Patrolman M'Gonegal, and make friends with Mr. Gilligan, the cabbie, and even play with Tony, whose father kept a fruit stand down the street. "Roller Skates" is a delightful story of old New York, and about a tomboy who could not help being a lady at the same time.

Book Details

Publisher: Puffin Books
Publish Date: May 6th, 1986
Pages: 192
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.76in - 5.14in - 0.53in - 0.33lb
EAN: 9780140303582
Recommended age: 08-12
Categories: • Classics• Social Themes - New Experience• Girls & Women

About the Author

Ruth Sawyer (1880-1970), a central figure in the advancement of children's book reading and writing, is a recipient of the Regina Medal (1965) for distinguished contribution to the field of children's literature and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal (1965) for substantial and lasting contributions to children's literature. A frequent and much admired speaker in the United States, she collaborated on two Caldecott Honor winners, The Christmas Anna Angel (1944) and Journey Cake, Ho! (1954), and her book Roller Skates (1937) was a winner of the Newbery Medal.

Praise for this book

"A refreshingly lively and genuine story."
-- The New York Times