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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100380710897
ISBN-139780380710898
eBay Product ID (ePID)783167
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameAmong Schoolchildren
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1990
SubjectRural, Elementary, Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kindergarten), Life Stages / School Age
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaFamily & Relationships, Education
AuthorTracy Kidder
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight10.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
ReviewsSplendid. . . smooth, informal, extraordinarily readable. . . . A book as exciting as it is eye-opening., Among School Children is more than a book about needy children and a valiant teacher; it is full of the author's genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition. He has never used his talent so well., Kidder brilliantly illuminates the reasons for hope and the reasons for despair that sit side by side, or share a desk, in schoolrooms across the nation., Kidder's close observations tie us into the emotional networks that make up classroom life. . . . A wonderful, compassionate book about teaching., "Kidder's close observations tie us into the emotional networks that make up classroom life. . . . A wonderful, compassionate book about teaching." -- Chicago Tribune "Among School Children is more than a book about needy children and a valiant teacher; it is full of the author's genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition. He has never used his talent so well." -- New York Times Book Review "Kidder brilliantly illuminates the reasons for hope and the reasons for despair that sit side by side, or share a desk, in schoolrooms across the nation." -- Newsday "Splendid. . . smooth, informal, extraordinarily readable. . . . A book as exciting as it is eye-opening." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Erupts with passionate life." -- USA Today
Dewey Decimal372.11/02/0973
SynopsisTracy Kidder -- the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and the extraordinary national bestseller House -- spent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed "Flats" of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher -- sharings their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. As a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America . . . and his most memorable, emotionally charged, and important book to date., NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Among School Children is more than a book about needy children and a valiant teacher; it is full of the author's genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition." --New York Times Book Review Tracy Kidder--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and the extraordinary national bestseller House--spent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed "Flats" of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher--sharing their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. As a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America., NATIONAL BESTSELLER " Among School Children is more than a book about needy children and a valiant teacher; it is full of the author's genuine love, delight and celebration of the human condition." -- New York Times Book Review Tracy Kidder--the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Soul of a New Machine and the extraordinary national bestseller House-- spent nine months in Mrs. Zajac's fifth-grade classroom in the depressed Flats of Holyoke, Massachusetts. For an entire year he lived among twenty schoolchildren and their indomitable, compassionate teacher--sharing their joys, their catastrophes, and their small but essential triumphs. As a result, he has written a revealing, remarkably poignant account of education in America.