Virgie Goes to School With Us Boys by Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard
Summary: Four brother, John, Val, Nelson, George, Will, and C.C. all went to school every week with the Quakers in Philadelphia, while their little sister, Virgie, stayed home and helped with the housework. Each week Virgie pleaded to go to school, no matter what her brother said, she never gave up. One day, their parents announced that next year, Virgie would be going to school with her brothers. Finally, when summer was over, they got new clothes, and a week's worth of food, and off they went to school. Virgie, had finally got to go to school with her brothers, and receive the education she always wanted.
Review: The book is fantastic for younger grades, such as first and second, to learn about why it’s important that everybody had the opportunity to go school during this time. Not only this, but the book is also set Philadelphia which opens the door for lesson that talk about, the Quakers are mentioned, and the long journey they children had to take to go to school, and other things going on at the time.. There is rich content in this book and it has beautifully vivid illustrations to tie it all together.
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