Based on a true story is this old-fashioned account from Tunnell
(with George W. Chilcoat, The Children of Topaz, 1996, etc.), about
five-year-old May's railroad journey via parcel post across the
rugged Idaho mountains to visit her grandmother. Unable to purchase
a first-class train ticket, May has 53 in stamps glued to the back
of her coat and joins the packages and letters in the mail car.
Even a cranky old conductor cannot deter May from making it to
Grandma Mary's for lunch. A little-known detail in the history of
the postal service inspired this 1914 period piece, and while
children may wish for more suspense, the matter-of-fact telling is
sure to bring quiet smiles as understanding dawns. Rand's
illustrations of homey, wood-grained, braided-rug interiors and
bundled-up wintry scenes bring warmth to the narrative; sepia-toned
illustrations mimicking old photographs add to the notion of the
book as part story, part historical record, while a photograph of
the real Charlotte May Pierstorff appears on the jacket. (Kirkus
Reviews)
Nowadays it's no big deal or a girl to travel seventy-five miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wanted to cross seventy-five miles of Idaho mountains to see her grandma in 1914, it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad, and a train ticket would have cost her parents a full day's pay.
Here is the true story of how May got to visit her grandma, thanks to her won spunk, her father's ingenuity, and the U.S. mail.
00-01 CA Young Reader Medal Masterlist and 01 Colorado Children's Book Award (Pic. Bk Cat.)
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