In this post those eight books are profiled below in the order in which they were written. As a native of Pennsylvania, these books about the Amish, Mennonites, Quakers, and others were just right for me.Įarly in her writing career, Newbery Award winner Marguerite de Angeli penned eight regional stories, all but one set near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she made her home for over six decades. We recommend that you start with regional stories, especially those based near where you live, if you can find some of equivalent caliber. I was about eight years old when I first read Skippack School, a perfect age, I think, for reading stories about families in other settings. It was with no small amount of trepidation that I recently reread Skippack School as an adult and was delighted to find that I enjoyed every bit as much as I did as a child. I read these two books repeatedly, pored over the illustrations, and committed much of their contents to memory. Skippack School by Marguerite de Angeli was one of two books from my childhood (the other being D’Aulaire’s Benjamin Franklin) that stood head and shoulders above the rest.
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