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kricketa's review
3.0
my love of the austin family led me to interloan this book, a short story written for a younger audience than "meet the austins." chronologically it fits right after the events in that book.
this was a reasonably entertaining, if slightly preachy and ridiculously outdated, little visit with the austin family.
i'm amazed that a public library is still circulating this little number in the j section. it's part of a series called "The Education of the Public and the Public School: A Monograph Series of the UNITED CHURCH BOARD FOR HOMELAND MINISTRIES" and opens with a long and boring introduction explaining its inclusion in the series. just what all the kids want to read!
this was a reasonably entertaining, if slightly preachy and ridiculously outdated, little visit with the austin family.
i'm amazed that a public library is still circulating this little number in the j section. it's part of a series called "The Education of the Public and the Public School: A Monograph Series of the UNITED CHURCH BOARD FOR HOMELAND MINISTRIES" and opens with a long and boring introduction explaining its inclusion in the series. just what all the kids want to read!
lisalark's review
3.0
This was originally a stand-alone but was incorporated into later version of Meet the Austins as a chapter. The illustrations and very cute. The meaning of the story is also cute, if not very well explained/clear. I get the point, but the telling is not so easy to follow, and I've read it several times.
katekat's review
4.0
I have read every Madeleine L'Engle novel and while I like some much better than others I enjoy all of them at least in part. This is not one of my favorite books by her but it is still quite good. Her writing style always engages me and I find at least one character in every one of her books that I can relate to in some way.
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