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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Russell FreedmanPublisher: Houghton Mifflin Imprint: Houghton Mifflin Dimensions: Width: 25.10cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780547480350ISBN 10: 0547480350 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 06 December 2010 Recommended Age: From 10 to 12 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print ![]() This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsDelivers concrete data with which to create a sense of the times...enhanced by...Freedman's many comparisons. HORN BOOK Horn Book Stirring photo-essay...eloquent...[Freedman's] signature plainspoken prose...'convey[s] in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics.'' BOOKLIST, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Another superb photo-essay by a veteran author. A wonderful, informed, and sympathetic overview...of this period. SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred Freedman captures the historical scope of young lives during the Great Depression...At once bleak and uplifting. -PW Publishers Weekly [A] magnificent volume...Freedman is a master of the photo-essay, and this is one of his best. -KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred Plenty of primary-source testimony...Freedman offers an account within the reach and interest of middle-schoolers. -BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Freedman does an exemplary job of making a disheartening and complicated subject...approachable and engaging...a fantastic resource. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) -- Delivers concrete data with which to create a sense of the times...enhanced by...Freedman's many comparisons. HORN BOOK Horn Book<br><br> Stirring photo-essay...eloquent...[Freedman's] signature plainspoken prose...'convey[s] in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics.' BOOKLIST, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review<br><br> Another superb photo-essay by a veteran author. A wonderful, informed, and sympathetic overview...of this period. SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred<br><br> Freedman captures the historical scope of young lives during the Great Depression...At once bleak and uplifting. -PW Publishers Weekly<br><br> [A] magnificent volume...Freedman is a master of the photo-essay, and this is one of his best. -KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred<br><br> Plenty of primary-source testimony...Freedman offers an account within the reach and interest of middle-schoolers. -BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br><br> Freedman does an exemplary job of making a disheartening and complicated subject...approachable and engaging...a fantastic resource. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Delivers concrete data with which to create a sense of the times...enhanced by...Freedman's many comparisons. HORN BOOK Horn Book Stirring photo-essay...eloquent...[Freedman's] signature plainspoken prose...'convey[s] in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics.'' BOOKLIST, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Another superb photo-essay by a veteran author. A wonderful, informed, and sympathetic overview...of this period. SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred Freedman captures the historical scope of young lives during the Great Depression...At once bleak and uplifting. -PW Publishers Weekly [A] magnificent volume...Freedman is a master of the photo-essay, and this is one of his best. -KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred Plenty of primary-source testimony...Freedman offers an account within the reach and interest of middle-schoolers. -BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Freedman does an exemplary job of making a disheartening and complicated subject...approachable and engaging...a fantastic resource. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Delivers concrete data with which to create a sense of the times...enhanced by...Freedman's many comparisons. HORN BOOK Horn Book Stirring photo-essay...eloquent...[Freedman's] signature plainspoken prose...'convey[s] in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics.' BOOKLIST, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review Another superb photo-essay by a veteran author. A wonderful, informed, and sympathetic overview...of this period. SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred Freedman captures the historical scope of young lives during the Great Depression...At once bleak and uplifting. -PW Publishers Weekly [A] magnificent volume...Freedman is a master of the photo-essay, and this is one of his best. -KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred Plenty of primary-source testimony...Freedman offers an account within the reach and interest of middle-schoolers. -BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books Freedman does an exemplary job of making a disheartening and complicated subject...approachable and engaging...a fantastic resource. VOYA VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) Delivers concrete data with which to create a sense of the times...enhanced by...Freedman's many comparisons. HORN BOOK Horn Book <br> Stirring photo-essay...eloquent...[Freedman's] signature plainspoken prose...'convey[s] in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics.' BOOKLIST, starred Booklist, ALA, Starred Review <br> Another superb photo-essay by a veteran author. A wonderful, informed, and sympathetic overview...of this period. SLJ, starred School Library Journal, Starred <br> Freedman captures the historical scope of young lives during the Great Depression...At once bleak and uplifting. -PW Publishers Weekly <br> [A] magnificent volume...Freedman is a master of the photo-essay, and this is one of his best. -KIRKUS, starred Kirkus Reviews, Starred <br> Plenty of primary-source testimony...Freedman offers an account within the reach and interest of middle-schoolers. -BCCB Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books <br> Freedman does an exemplary j Author InformationRussell Freedman received the Newbery Medal for LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |