Foolish Gretel (Stepping Stone Books/Fourth of July Series) - Softcover

Armstrong, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679872876 ISBN 13: 9780679872870

Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers, 1997

Synopsis

Meet Gretel Muller, a young German girl growing up in Galveston, Texas in 1855. Gretel dreams of living in a fairy-tale castle by the sea, but instead spends her days working with her short-tempered sisters in their mother's hat shop. When a rich resident announces that she wants a young German girl to come stay with her, Gretel sees her opportunity. But how will she ever get a  chance when everyone thinks she's a lazy and foolish girl?  

About this title

About the Author:

Ever since the first grade, Jennifer Armstrong knew that she would become an author. She loved making up stories and sharing them with others. Her family treasured books and this led her to become an avid reader of all types of fiction. It was no surprise when she chose to study English and American Literature at Smith College in Massachusetts.

Armstrong is the author of over 50 books for children from kindergarten through high school. Best known for writing historical fiction, she has also been successful in
creating picture books, easy readers, chapter books, young adult novels, as well as nonfiction.

Armstrong, who grew up outside of New York City, now lives in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Jennifer Armstrong is the winner of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World. Many of her books have been designated as Notable Books by the American Library Association and the International Reading Association.

For more information on Jennifer Armstrong, visit her website at www.jennifer-armstrong.com, or read her blog at www.jennifer-armstrong.blogspot.com.
From the Hardcover Library Binding edition.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4?In this beginning chapter book, Greta Muller, youngest of three daughters of German immigrants and considered a fool by her family, lives in Galveston, Texas, in 1855. Her widowed mother runs a millinery shop, which she feels is beneath her. When Frau Dimpel, a rich, elderly woman, comes to the shop seeking a young companion, it seems like the perfect opportunity to improve their lot. The story is completely predictable and the "nobody listens to me" theme is excessive. Needless to say, Gretel gets the job because she is a hard worker and sympathetic. Diamond's fine black-and-white illustrations deserve a stronger story.?Charlyn Lyons, Broome County Library, Binghamton, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0679872876
• ISBN 13: 9780679872870
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 73