Magic Tree House Research Guide #22: Rags and Riches: Kids in the Time of Charles Dickens: A Nonfiction Companion to A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time
Magic Tree House Research Guides are now Magic Tree House Fact Trackers! Track the facts with Jack and Annie!\ \ When Jack and Annie got back from their adventure in Magic Tree House #44: A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, they had lots of questions. Why did Charles Dickens write A Christmas Carol? How did he help the poor? What jobs did poor Victorian kids have? How did rich kids spend their time? Find out the answers to these questions and more as Jack and Annie track the...
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If you liked A Ghost Tale for Christmas Time, you’ll love finding out the facts behind the fiction in the next fascinating nonfiction companion to the bestselling Magic Tree House series.How did Charles Dickens get the idea to write A Christmas Carol? What was life like for kids in the orphanages and workhouses of Victorian England? How did children from wealthy families spend their time? Why do many people say that the concept of childhood came from the Victorians? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Rags and Riches, Jack and Annie’s guide to the lives of children in Charles Dickens’s time.
\ Children's Literature\ - Dawna Lisa Buchanan\ This nonfiction, easy to read text is divided into six chapters and includes rich resources for additional research for newly independent readers. The lives of children in the Victorian age are described in terms of their health, activities, jobs and surroundings. The authors explore the world of Charles Dickens through the eyes of children (both rich and poor) and what it would have been like to live at that time. Photographs and drawings show children working in factories, scavenging for food, playing on the streets, and note the kinds of books, toys, and education that would have been available to them. The book tells a little about Dickens' own life in the context of the age—the poverty of his family, his good fortune in being sent to school, and the books he wrote that are still popular today. The changes that occurred during that time period are also described—technology, education, medicine and laws that affected the quality of life for these children. Beautifully organized, this book would be an asset in any classroom or school library, and offers terrific materials for further study—books, museums, movies and websites can be found at the back of the book, along with an index. Reviewer: Dawna Lisa Buchanan\ \
