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Diary of an Early American Boy by Eric Sloane

Diary of an Early American Boy

By Eric Sloane
Level 8
Review:

My 13-year-old daughter loved this book. She picked it up out of curiosity and started reading a little, and then she couldn’t put it down. The literary and educational value are fantastic. History in Review wrote: “Eric Sloane has taken a 15-year-old farm boy’s brief, concise notebook and expanded the daily entries with explanatory narrative and his own remarkable drawings. As a result, he has preserved the simplicity and charm of a bygone era.”

(Reviewed by Jenny Phillips)

Region North America, United States
Genre Autobiography, Nonfiction
The Good and the Beautiful Library No
  • Gentle Favorite
  • 2.5 Entertainment Value
  • 4 Moral Value
  • 5 Educational Value
  • 4.5 Literary Value
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