The Penderwicks on Gardam Street

With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready fo...

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Main Author: Birdsall, Jeanne.
Other Authors: Denaker, Susan.
Format: Audiobooks eAudiobook Downloads eAudiobook
Language: English
Published: New York : Listening Library (Audio), 2008.
Edition: Unabridged.
Series: The Penderwicks.
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Summary: With over one million copies sold, this series of modern classics about the charming Penderwick family from National Book Award winner and New York Times bestseller Jeanne Birdsall is perfect for fans of Noel Streatfeild and Edward Eager. The Penderwick sisters are home on Gardam Street and ready for an adventure! But the adventure they get isn't quite what they had in mind. Mr. Penderwick's sister has decided it's time for him to start dating -- and the girls know that can only mean one thing: disaster. Enter the Save-Daddy Plan -- a plot so brilliant, so bold, so funny, that only the Penderwick girls could have come up with it. It's high jinks, big laughs, and loads of family warmth as the Penderwicks triumphantly return. From the Hardcover edition.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital
Playing Time: 07::4:1:
Format: Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 216380 KB).
Audience: Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 6
MG/Middle grades (4th-8th)
5.3
ISBN: 9780739365021
Author Notes: Jeanne Birdsall was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1951. Before becoming a children's author, she worked as a photographer. Some of her photographs are included in the permanent collections of museums, including the Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Art Museum. She didn't start writing until she was forty-one years old. Her first book, The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy, was published in 2005. Her novels about the Penderwick family have collected several honors, including the National Book Award for Young People's Literature. She also writes picture books for younger children.

(Bowker Author Biography)