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Papa will not allow Clara to learn to read—he says Farm people like us do not have time to read. But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm, Papa realizes he must change his mind. Based on the true story of America’s first ‘bookmobile.’

The free library in a nearby Maryland village is off-limits to the curious child, but Clara''s chance encounter with librarian Mary Titcomb and the first horse-drawn ''moving library'' changes her father''s response. A glimpse of childhood without schools, libraries, literacy and books is presented in easy-to-read historical fiction. (Cooperative Children''s Book Center)

Clara and the Bookwagon is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independe

Clara and the Bookwagon

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    A Paperback / softback by Nancy Smiler Levinson, Carolyn Croll

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      Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/01/1991
      ISBN13: 9780064441346, 978-0064441346
      ISBN10: 0064441342

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Papa will not allow Clara to learn to read—he says Farm people like us do not have time to read. But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm, Papa realizes he must change his mind. Based on the true story of America’s first ‘bookmobile.’

      The free library in a nearby Maryland village is off-limits to the curious child, but Clara''s chance encounter with librarian Mary Titcomb and the first horse-drawn ''moving library'' changes her father''s response. A glimpse of childhood without schools, libraries, literacy and books is presented in easy-to-read historical fiction. (Cooperative Children''s Book Center)

      Clara and the Bookwagon is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level 3 books are written for early independe

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