1. Mrs. Emily Polifax
2. Mrs. Amelia Peabody
3. Grandma Dowdel
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pickA Year Down Yonder is an HF book written by Richard Peck. This book is classic children‘s literature, and it won the Newbery Medal. Mary Alice is the main character and the book tells the story of her relationship with her grandma. Mary Alice does not like spending summers with her grandma because she is always scheming. Read and scheme along with Mary Alice and her grandma to see how their relationship changes in an unexpected way #ucflae3414su20
📚 A Year Down Yonder
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pickMary Alice remembers being 15 and sent to live with her grandmother in the country. Her dad is out of work and her Grandma Dowdell has room. Prior to this Mary Alice has only ever visited with her brother for summer visits. Now it's a whole year and grandma is a character. From swiping food from others' land to tricking neighborhood tricksters to helping some that no other people in town will help, Grandma's on top of everything. #NewberyChallenge
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12. Richard Peck wrote the HF book called A Year Down Yonder that won the Newbery Award. It is a great book for a GR in the classroom so you can help students break apart the book. https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/year-down-yond... has some lesson plans for the book. UDL: 7.1- optimize individual choice and autonomy, EL: use language experience techniques in discussing concepts and ideas. #UCFLAE3414F17
pickThis HF story is a great LC Newbury Award winner! A Year Down Yonder by Richard Peck, takes place in Chicago proceeding the Great Depression in 1937. As 15 year old Mary Alice's parents struggle to regain their financial stability, she is sent to live with her no nonsense Grandma in Southern IL. The year ahead brings many unexpected surprises and leaves Mary Alice with a more tender-hearted view of life in the country as well as for her Grandma.
pick4⭐️Richard Peck almost always makes my heart happy. While this is a sequel to A Long Way From Chicago, it can be read as a stand alone. One of the things that really gets me about this series is that it is literally right in my backyard. I just spent 8 years in Mattoon, live close to Piatt county, and know of the landmarks mentioned. I love that he never actually names a town, just gives an idea of where it is located.
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I ❤️❤️❤️ this discretion of grandma. It reminds me of my own.
Another one bites the dust. I have some passages to share later, but now time to say bye bye to the pjs and hello to the lazy clothes. #24in48
Taking this and my pups to bed. No idea how much I'll get read. I did start it earlier at dinner and I know it will be a quick read I'm hoping for half. Tell u all about today's BN trip to morrow. #24in48
Okay all, I live "down yonder". Peck grew up in decatur and while his books never mention the exact place they are set it, all the surrounding towns are listed in his books somewhere. #readjanuary #setinmycity
These books are set in a small town. You don't know which town, they never say. However they mention the surrounding towns frequently and puts it right in my neck of the woods. Heck this book could even be set in my town. They are wonderful stories of growing up. #photodaynov16 #smalltowns
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