Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) in Newbery Books

Sep 25, 2008 Wendy rated it liked it

Shelves: newbery

I saved this for the last of the Newberys (yes! I'm done!) because I was sure I would like it, and I wanted to go out on a good note.

I did like it, though I know I would have liked it a lot more if I hadn't already read so many similar, better books (i.e. Little House). But I can appreciate how rare it was to find interesting, funny books about real children at the time this was written. Still, I'm sort of surprised that so many of you love this so much.

Hard to believe it's by the same author as ...more

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Jul 06, 2009 Brandy rated it really liked it

Shelves: childrens, newbery-winners

This is a lovely book written in the style and time period of Little House on the Prairie. It is charming and a great book to read out loud to your kids. I especially loved the great patriotic theme at the end of the book. Good to read around the 4th of July!

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Mar 24, 2008 Annette rated it really liked it

Shelves: newbery-medal-winners

A delightful story about a young pioneer girl and her adventures on the Wisconsin frontier in the nineteenth century. How I describe Caddie Woodlawn: she is spunky, courageous, compassionate, patriotic, bright, hard-working, mischievous and fun. I really enjoyed reading about her and I'm planning on reading this book aloud to my two little girls. ...more

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Aug 14, 2008 Cheryl rated it liked it

Shelves: newberry-awards

I loved this book when my 5th grade teacher read this to our class! Interesting cultural piece. More interesting to me because of the factuality of the book as a granddaughter shares the stories her grandmother from her life in the 1860's in Wisconsin. ...more

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