In Your Own Backyard

In Your Own Backyard

Collier's Junior Classics The Young Folks Shelf of Books

by Marian C. Young, Margaret E. Martignoni

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This is the 5th book in Collier's Junior Classics, In Your Own Backyard. It includes such classics as an excerpt from Laura Wilder's Little House on the Prairie series, Beverly Cleary's Henry and Ribsy, and The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes. The other stories are also set in the United States.

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  1. 1

    How do the different settings across the United States in these stories shape the adventures and challenges the characters experience?

  2. 2

    When you think back on your own childhood, what specific places or hidden spots served as the "backyard" for your own imagination and adventures?

  3. 3

    Many of the characters in these classic tales face moments of standing out or trying to fit in; how do you see this theme reflected in your favorite selection from the collection?

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