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Karen Ackerman

Autor(a) de Song and Dance Man

20+ Works 3,411 Membros 140 Críticas

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Obras por Karen Ackerman

Song and Dance Man (1988) 2,377 exemplares
The Night Crossing (1994) 488 exemplares
I Know A Place (1675) 102 exemplares
By the Dawn's Early Light (1994) 95 exemplares
Araminta's Paint Box (1605) 67 exemplares
The Leaves in October (1991) 53 exemplares
The Tin Heart (1861) 45 exemplares
Flannery Row (1986) 40 exemplares
Just Like Max (1990) 29 exemplares
Bingleman's Midway (1995) 25 exemplares
Moveable Mabeline (1990) 18 exemplares
The Banshee (1990) 17 exemplares
The Sleeping Porch (1995) 16 exemplares
Bean's Big Day (2004) 11 exemplares
This Old House (1992) 9 exemplares

Associated Works

A Brighter Garden (1990) — Editor — 115 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Ackerman, Karen Mindy
Data de nascimento
1951-10-09
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Locais de residência
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Educação
Woodward High School
Ocupações
children's book author

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Karen Ackerman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on October 9, 1951. She was a single child and although she was never really "inspired" to become an author, she always had a tale to tell or write. Her first children's book was published in 1982. She has since published over twenty-five books.

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Clara's family is Jewish. Soon after the Nazis annex Austria in 1938, the persecution begins with midnight arrests, vandalism, and burglaries. Months earlier there had been laughter and jokes in Clara’s house. Now, nights are filled with fearful whispers. Then, Clara overhears her father saying, “We must leave Austria now, before it is too late.” Papa sells their belongings for cash to bribe the guards at the Swiss border. Mother will carry their one satchel. Anything the girls want to take must be worn or carried in their coats. Clara takes her grandmother’s dolls, Gittel and Lotte and volunteers to hide the family’s precious silver candlesticks in the dolls’ straw stuffing. The family cuts off their yellow stars and sets out under the cover of darkness. At the Swiss border, Clara must lie to protect herself and her family.
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kathymariemax | 8 outras críticas | Feb 7, 2024 |
I liked this. It’s a nice story dealing with something I can’t ever recall seeing a story about. Lord of people work nights, and it’s a thing that can effect parents in families in lots of fields-from police officers to warehouse employees.
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FamiliesUnitedLL | 6 outras críticas | Jun 15, 2023 |
A trio of children go to visit their grandfather, who was a vaudeville performer in his youth. Their grandfather laments the passing of the "song and dance" days, but he still pulls out all his old vaudeville gear and puts on a one man variety show for his grandchildren. The children are genuinely delighted by their grandfather's performance, and he is equally pleased to be able to share a piece of his personal history with his descendants. Though this story has a sort of melancholy nostalgia to it, I think that ultimately what the grandfather was missing was performing for an audience, so that in addition to passing along memories of his performance to his grandchildren, he was also able to realize that he didn't necessarily miss performing for a large audience, just a grateful one.… (mais)
 
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GIJason82 | 115 outras críticas | Feb 25, 2022 |
Grandpa demonstrates for his visiting grandchildren some of the songs, dances, and jokes he performed when he was a vaudeville entertainer.
 
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EKiddieKollege | 115 outras críticas | Dec 13, 2020 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
20
Also by
1
Membros
3,411
Popularidade
#7,472
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
140
ISBN
75
Línguas
1

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