Posts tagged with jeanne-birdsall

Apr 11 2008

Jeanne Birdsall

Jeanne Birdsall is the author of the National Book Award-winning novel The Penderwicks and its sequel: Featured Book pick The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. We have our doubts about the plausibili...

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Apr 11 2008

The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, by Jeanne Birdsall

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Jeanne Birdsall’s National Book Award-winning novel The Penderwicks, the story of four sisters' summertime adventure at a Massachusetts estate, is the literary equivalent of Disney’s Celebrat...

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Mar 18 2008

The Penderwicks, by Jeanne Birdsall

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I have long avoided reading Jeanne Birdsall's National Book Award-winning The Penderwicks, mostly because of its tastefully retro cover (which I felt was shamelessly derivative of the silhouette i...

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