The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall

Random House Children’s Books supports the First Amendment and celebrates the right to read. Summary: As spring arrives on Gardam Street, there are surprises in store for each Penderwick, from neighbor Nick Geiger’s return from the war to Batty’s new dog-walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her eleventh birthday go astray. Sequel to: The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. The Penderwicks in spring / Jeanne Birdsall. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House LLC.Įducators and librarians, for a variety of teaching tools, visit us at Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House LLC, a Penguin Random House Company, New York.

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Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. (Mar.The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy The warmth and compassion of the Penderwick family comes through in every page of this slice-of-life novel, healing emotional bruises and reassuring readers that most problems can be overcome. It takes a lot of detective work from her older sisters, parents, and neighbors to figure out why Batty is so blue, but in true Penderwick fashion, misunderstandings are soon righted. After overhearing a family secret, she starts to believe that she was responsible for the death of her mother, who passed away when Batty was a baby. Inspired, Batty earns money for singing lessons by walking two unusual neighborhood dogs, a job that makes her yearn for her own, recently deceased dog. Grunfeld better still, the new teacher thinks Batty has a “rare and beautiful” voice. In this fourth installment, musically inclined fifth-grader Batty is delighted to learn that her school’s dull music teacher has been replaced by the more appealing Mrs. With the addition of baby sister Lydia, the Penderwicks’ blended family returns with all the big-family drama and joys that fans have come to expect.

The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall