If you liked A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, you’ll love
finding out the facts behind the fiction in the next fascinating
nonfiction companion to the bestselling Magic Tree House
series.
How did Charles Dickens get the idea to write A Christmas
Carol? What was life like for kids in the orphanages and
workhouses of Victorian England? How did children from wealthy
families spend their time? Why do many people say that the concept
of childhood came from the Victorians? Find out the answers to
these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide:
Rags and Riches, Jack and Annie’s guide to the lives of
children in Charles Dickens’s time.
關於作者:
Mary Pope Osborne and Natalie Pope Boyce are sisters who grew up
on army posts all over the world. Mary is the author of over 50
acclaimed books for children. Natalie has worked as a children’s
librarian and as a teacher of English and ESL.
Sal Murdocca has written andor illustrated over 200 children’s
books. He is best known for his amazing work on the Magic Tree
House series. He has taught writing and illustration at the Parsons
School of Design in New York. He is the librettist for a children’s
opera and has recently completed his second short film. Sal
Murdocca is an avid runner, hiker, and bicyclist. He has often
bicycle-toured in Europe and has had many one-man shows of his
paintings from these trips. He lives and works with his wife,
Nancy, in New City, New York.
目錄:
1. Hard Times for Kids
2. What Charles Dickens Saw
3. The London of Dickens
4. Jobs for Poor Kids
5. Rich Kids
6. How Things Changed
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