From School Library Journal
Gr 3-4-First-person narratives take readers back to the 1930s and 1940s through the eyes of two grandmothers. Black-and-white photographs of the authors' families are interspersed with full-color illustrations of period-specific items. Examples include wartime posters, covers of textbooks, and ration-coupon books. These titles are good for a nostalgic look at this time period, but there is not enough information for reports.-Krista Grosick, Cuyahoga County Public Library, OH Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Recalls what it was like to travel from Alaska to Texas as part of a military family in the 1940s and some of the differences in how people got around then and now.

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Recalls what it was like to travel from Alaska to Texas as part of a military family in the 1940s and some of the differences in how people got around then and now.

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Children's Literature - Childrens Literature

Part of the "In Grandma's Day" series, this easy-reader gives kids an idea of how hard it was to get around in olden days. Baker, the "grandma" of the title, uses historic photos, many of them her own, to describe 1940s-era travel by steamship, train, car and plane. It's bound to be fascinating reading for kids who are accustomed to superhighways and super-fast jets. Baker knows the details kids like, such as the fact that her family had to go to the bathroom in the woods along the Alaska-Canada Highway. 1999, Carolrhoda Books, Ages 7 to 10, $21.27. Reviewer: Donna Freedman

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