Product Description

In this companion to the bestselling Lucy's Christmas, award-winning poet Hall and acclaimed illustrator McCurdy recreate the memorable summer of 1910 in the life of young Lucy Wells. McCurdy's beautiful scratchboard illustrations evoke the splendid realities of times past. Full color.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7697600 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Library Binding

From Publishers Weekly
This sequel to Lucy's Christmas chronicles a girl's New Hampshire childhood in the summer of 1910. "The fond recollections of each vignette resonate with certain charm," said PW. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Ages 5^-8. In this companion to Lucy's Christmas (1994), seven-year-old Lucy spends the summer of 1910 with her family on its New Hampshire farm. Mother has opened a millinery shop in the front parlor and creates hats to sell to the neighbors. Canning vegetables, making fruit preserves, and attending the Danbury Fourth of July celebration become vivid memories for Lucy, but the highlight of her summer is an early September trip by train to Boston with her mother. The two purchase millinery supplies, enjoy lunch at a sidewalk cafe{‚}, and shop for penny souvenirs at Woolworth's. McCurdy's distinctively colored scratchboard illustrations are suited to the nostalgic flavor of the text and feature many period details. Hall's strength--elevating everyday occurrences to memorable levels--overcomes any lack of action, making this a satisfying tale of turn-of-the-century rural life. Kay Weisman

About the Author
DONALD HALL, poet laureate of the United States from 2006 to 2007, has received the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in poetry, the Lenore Marshall Award, the 1990 Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America, and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.


Michael McCurdy lives in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.