Rebecca: A Maryland Farm Girl

Rebecca: A Maryland Farm Girl

Rebecca's life is full of hard work and sacrifice on her Maryland farm during the 1920s, but she uses these experiences to her advantage throughout her life, in this story based on true events. Review "...find [yourself] cheering for her as she bravely endures hardship. Rebecca is a strong...role model for young readers." -- Dr. Joan James, Reading Teacher, Montgomery County [Maryland] Public Schools "Rebecca is poignant and uplifting...a [tale of] growing up in rural Maryland...parents and their children can enjoy together." -- Melinda Greenbrg, former editor of Maryland Family magazine "The details of everyday life in this era, from the weekly bath to milking the cow, are vividly portrayed." -- Margaret Blair, author of children's historical fiction books, Brothers at War and House of Spies From the Publisher This 67 page chapter book is appropriate for children age 8 to 12-years-old. Illustrations are by Raya Bodnarchuk, who lives in the Town of Glen Echo, Maryland. Her work is in the National Museum of American Art; on the grounds of the bi-county WSSC headquarters in Laurel, Maryland; and will be included in a pedestrian pathway over the Capital Beltway. Ms. Bodnarchuk is on the faculty of the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D. C. From the Author Rebecca is a real person; she is still alive, living and working on a farm at age 81. I would like for today's children to know that children's experiences have not always been what theirs has been. From the Inside Flap "A simply told yet utterly engrossing tale of growing up in rural Maryland in the 1920s and 30s. The book does not glamorize or sentimentalize the hard life of a farmer's child who loses her mother, yet the protagonist Rebecca remains hopeful and rarely sinks into despondency. The details of everyday life in this era, from the weekly bath to milking the cow, are vividly portrayed." Margaret Blair, children's book author of Civil War historical novels Brothers at War and House of Spies. "A touching vignette of a child's life, struggle, and determination back in the 20s and 30s. Might make some of today's children consider that perhaps challenges and hard work are among the best character builders. It is particularly interesting that Maryland agriculture and farm life during Rebecca's childhood were strikingly similar to those of the 18th century." Marg Goralski, Corresponding Secretary, Claude Moore Colonial Farm at Turkey Run, McLean, Virginia. ...both poignant and uplifting. The tale of a young girl growing up in rural Maryland is one parents and their children can enjoy together." Melinda Greenberg, former editor of Maryland Family Magazine About the Author Diane Leatherman lives in Cabin John, Maryland, with her husband and teenage daughter. She is a free lance writer now, but has been a park ranger, teacher, worked at an "eighteenth century" dirt-level farm, and was most recently Executive Director of Friends of the Library, Montgomery County, Maryland. "I would like today's children to know that children's experiences were not always what theirs has been." Excerpt.