{"product_id":"thimble-summer-paperback","title":"Thimble Summer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Enright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Enright\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e A silver thimble and a new friend make a girl's summer magical in Elizabeth Enright's \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThimble Summer.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA few hours after nine-year-old Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble in the dried-up riverbed, the rains come and end the long drought on the farm. The rains bring safety for the crops and the livestock, and money for Garnet's father. Garnet can't help feeling that the thimble is a magic talisman, for the summer proves to be interesting and exciting in so many different ways. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is the arrival of Eric, an orphan who becomes a member of the Linden family; the building of a new barn; and the county fair at which Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon. Every day brings adventure of some kind to Garnet and her best friend, Citronella. As far as Garnet is concerned, the thimble is responsible for each good thing that happens during this magic summer--her thimble summer.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e'One of the best written of this season's juveniles.... will interest both girls and boys, since it is about Garnet Linden and her brother Jay, and can find readers up to twelve and over. The setting is a middle-western farm, and the descriptions of wind and weather are vivid and authentic. There is a truly American quality about it that delighted me.' - Rosemary Carr Benet, The Saturday Review of Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Enright\u003c\/b\u003e (1907-1968) was a talented writer whose many awards include the 1939 John Newbery Medal for \u003ci\u003eThimble Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and a 1958 Newbery Honor for \u003ci\u003eGone-Away Lake\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her other beloved titles are her books about the Melendy family, beginning with \u003ci\u003eThe Saturdays\u003c\/i\u003e (1941). Enright also wrote short stories for adults, and her work was published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.66 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 29, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Thimble Summer\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Middle Grades, 4-8\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42685177004095,"sku":"9780312380021","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e92d338f1aba627866d6f40c0bf83b19.webp?v=1764970136","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/thimble-summer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}