Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic (Prebound): Miracles on Maple Hill (Hardcover)

from kslade

Really nice childrens book about how good neighbors and New England help a family heal. It kind of compares to A Girl of the Limberlost. I wanted to read this because Virginia Sorensen was LDS and I'd read another book by her. This one also won the Newbery award.

from satyridae

Delightful story set right after WWII. Marly's dad comes home from the war and he's sad and mad by turns. The family relocates to Maple Hill, where they become immersed in the country life and learn about maple syrup and neighborly connections. Sweet but not treacly, and full of believable miracles.

from juniperSun

While this book seems a bit dated if read as a current novel, there is no reason it can't be loved as historical fiction, albeit at a more recent date than the Little House series. First published in 1956, I'm sure the children then were thinking that the experiences of Marly and Joe were within ...

from Whisper1

This 1957 Newbery medal winner is a delightful, slow walk into a time when old fashioned values were the norm -- a time when children were polite; a time when children respected parents; a time when neighbors helped one another; a time when there was less focus on "me" and more focus on "us". Yet...

from Whisper1

This 1957 Newbery medal winner is a delightful, slow walk into a time when old fashioned values were the norm -- a time when children were polite; a time when children respected parents; a time when neighbors helped one another; a time when there was less focus on "me" and more focus on "us". Yet...