Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
The Lady from Philadelphia: The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
The Lady from Philadelphia: The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1681373777
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Lady from Philadelphia records the antics of the most memorably and hopelessly bumbling of respectable American families. Confronted by the endless challenges of daily life, the Peterkins rise to every occasion with misguided aplomb: They sit out in the sun for hours and fail to go for a ride because they’ve forgotten to unhitch the horse; they play the piano from the porch through the parlor window because the movers left the keyboard turned that way; they decide to raise the ceiling to accommodate a too-tall Christmas tree. Only the timely intervention of their great and good friend, the lady from Philadelphia, can be counted on to get the Peterkins out of their latest scrape. A classic of American children’s literature and a masterpiece of deadpan drollery, The Lady from Philadelphia restores our astonishment at the ordinary, finding a rich vein of humor and happy surprise in the mere fact of our surviving the trivialities and tribulations of family life.
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Collection of humorous short stories about the Peterkin family and their friends.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Brothers and sisters
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Collection of humorous short stories about the Peterkin family and their friends.
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Peterkin family goes through life in a very muddle headed way, but the "lady from Philadelphia" is always there to straighten them out.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Families
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The Peterkin family goes through life in a very muddle headed way, but the "lady from Philadelphia" is always there to straighten them out.
The Lady who Put Salt in Her Coffee
Author: Amy Schwartz
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780152434755
Category : Coffee
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
When Mrs. Peterkin accidentally puts salt in her coffee, the entire family embarks on an elaborate quest to find someone to make it drinkable again.
Publisher: Harcourt Childrens Books
ISBN: 9780152434755
Category : Coffee
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
When Mrs. Peterkin accidentally puts salt in her coffee, the entire family embarks on an elaborate quest to find someone to make it drinkable again.
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia Peabody Hale
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Complete Peterkin Papers
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505349610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"[...] So the old woman shook her head, and muttered a few words, and said she must go. She believed the coffee was bewitched. She bundled up her packets of herbs, and took her trowel, and her basket, and her stick, and went back to her root of sassafras, that she had left half in the air and half out. And all she would take for pay was five cents in currency. Then the family were in despair, and all sat and thought a great while. It was growing late in the day, and Mrs. Peterkin hadn't had her cup of coffee. At last Elizabeth Eliza said, "They say that the lady from Philadelphia, who is staying in town, is very wise. Suppose I go and ask her[...]".
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505349610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
"[...] So the old woman shook her head, and muttered a few words, and said she must go. She believed the coffee was bewitched. She bundled up her packets of herbs, and took her trowel, and her basket, and her stick, and went back to her root of sassafras, that she had left half in the air and half out. And all she would take for pay was five cents in currency. Then the family were in despair, and all sat and thought a great while. It was growing late in the day, and Mrs. Peterkin hadn't had her cup of coffee. At last Elizabeth Eliza said, "They say that the lady from Philadelphia, who is staying in town, is very wise. Suppose I go and ask her[...]".
The Peterkin Papers
Author: Lucretia P. Hale
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368457292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368457292
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
White Teacher
Author: Vivian Gussin Paley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white teacher."
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Vivian Paley presents a moving personal account of her experiences teaching kindergarten in an integrated school within a predominantly white, middle-class neighborhood. In a new preface, she reflects on the way that even simple terminology can convey unintended meanings and show a speaker's blind spots. She also vividly describes what her readers have taught her over the years about herself as a "white teacher."