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Thimble Summer
Thimble Summer | Elizabeth Enright
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A 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. There 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 summerher thimble summer.
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ravenlee
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A sweet little read about a magical yet completely ordinary summer. Garnet has adventures (hitchhiking to a distant town, getting locked in the library) and grows up a little over the course of this summer, and we get a glimpse of who she‘ll turn out to be.

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mrp27
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#childrensclassicread2023

This was sweet and charming. Reminded me a bit of Strawberry Girl and the Little House books. Also made me yearn for the carefree days of childhood summers of bare feet, sticky hands from ice cream, and that magical quality summer had.

TheBookHippie I agree 🦋💯. 9mo
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sblbooks
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Thimble Summer pub.1938 was a wholesome, sweet read 4.5⭐#childrensclassicread @TheBookHippie
Three Strike Summer 3.5⭐ pub 2022 #MiddleGradeMarchBuddyRead on YouTube; enjoyable, but so many heavy adult themes and topics were in this book.

It was interesting to read these back to back. Both were about young, head strong girls set in the Depression era. Yet, they were so different because of when they were published.

TheBookHippie I really have enjoyed the sweetness of our read this month. It was needed. 9mo
sblbooks @TheBookHippie me too! I really think you would like Three Strike Summer, as well. 9mo
TheBookHippie @sblbooks I‘ll add it to the list! 9mo
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Daisey
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This was a fantastic summer read! I connected early with the description of drought and joy in rain. Then it went on with stories of family farm life and fair days that made me smile. I loved Garnet‘s spirit and wonderful family. Everything works out perfectly, but sometimes this kind of read is just an enjoyable comfort, even if it‘s not quite believable.

#BooksOnTheFarm #audiobook #ChildrensClassicRead2023

Daisey 📷: I finished listening while disking today, but I thought the chickens were more fun to share and fitting for the story than my view from the tractor. (edited) 10mo
TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ I‘m reading a little at a time it‘s very warm fuzzy for me so far! 😊 10mo
Bklover Oh I love the photo! 🐓 10mo
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Daisey @TheBookHippie Yes, so much. I also did a bit of perusing on Goodreads last night and realized I had read another book by this author as a kid never realizing it was part of a series. Thanks for reintroducing her to me. 10mo
Daisey @Bklover Thanks! My aunt and uncle have this group of incredibly friendly chickens right now, so I couldn‘t help snapping a few close up photos the other day. 10mo
TheBookHippie @Daisey oh how fun!!! I love it when that happens ! 10mo
Roary47 The chickens are soooo cute! 😍🥰💛 10mo
tpixie @Daisey where did you get the audiobook? 🐔 10mo
Daisey @tpixie I managed to find it through one of my libraries on Libby. 10mo
tpixie @Daisey lucky! None of my four Libby libraries has it! 10mo
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tpixie She wrote one of my absolute favorite books of my childhood! (edited) 10mo
TheBookHippie @tpixie Oh how lovely! 10mo
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TheBookHippie
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Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Thanks for the links! My library doesn't seem to have a lot of the classic children's books. I'm not sure this one is grabbing my attention, but good to have the option. 10mo
TheBookHippie @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I try to have free options for everyone! 🙃🤞🏻 10mo
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Eggs
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Garnet's carefully tended pig, Timmy, wins a blue ribbon at the fair. Sweet book 💗 🐖🥇

#fair #savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

marleed Oh I loved this book. I still have my hard copy - and now, grandchildren! 2y
Eggs @marleed 😍💗👍🏼 2y
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youngreadrshelf
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Garnet finds a silver thimble while swimming in the creek near her house while a drought slowly ruins all the farms in the area. She decides it's lucky and going to make this the best summer ever. And it does seem to bring good luck. Soon there's rain and more.

Garnet is like the spiritual granddaughter of Half Pint from Little House on the Prairie. #NewberyChallenge

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“Garnet loved the library; it smelled deliciously of old books and was full of stories that she had never read” #NewberyChallenge

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MerryRead
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This book had been in my huge pile of TBR for years and it became one of the books that told me to stop buying new books (or at least buy less), read and discover gem in what you already had (but shamelessly neglected). It is a beautiful book. The one that makes you feel good when you finish it at night and wake up feeling wonderful the next morning.

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