{"title":"CMCC Year 6 History","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-ark","title":"Ark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis heartfelt \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/plumfieldmoms.com\/plumfield-moms-book-reviews\/the-ark\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereview\u003c\/a\u003e from Plumfield Moms has made \u003cem\u003eThe Ark\u003c\/em\u003e one of our most popular stories.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eTwo rooms all to themselves⁠—it was almost too good to be true! For this was postwar Germany, filled with starving, homeless people trying to stay alive amidst the rubble, and to the Lechows the two freezing attic rooms in Mrs. Verduz’ house on Parsley Street were an unbelievable stroke of luck. No matter that every stick of furniture and even the cracked dishes were borrowed from a grudging but kind landlady, that food was so scarce they were nearly always hungry, that Matthias, loving the stars and growing things, was assigned to construction work by the Labor Office. Now that there was a roof over their heads, Joey and Andrea could attend school, and perhaps Father, if he was still alive, would find his way to them from the prison camp in Russia. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eIt was a makeshift arrangement at best, but somehow Mother made the cheerless rooms homelike, and soon there were good friends⁠—lovable, half wild Hans Ulrich who treasure hunted with Joey in the ruins of bombed out houses; musical Dieter; and plump, cheerful Lenchen⁠—to share their meager but merry Christmas celebration. Only shy, lonely Margret, who felt that half herself had died with her twin brother Christian in East Germany, made no special friend, unless one counted Caliph, Mrs. Verduz’ cat. But eventually it was Margret’s love of animals that led her to sprightly Mrs. Almut and Rowan Farm and, before the next Christmas, Matthias had exchanged his hated job for the hard but satisfying work of the farm. Margret, too, happily caring for Mrs. Almut’s Great Danes, was beginning to understand the inexorable cycle of life and death, and the Ark, an old railroad car on the farm converted into a home, was ready to receive a reunited family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ark\u003c\/em\u003e paints an honest, realistic picture of the terrible aftermath of war in a defeated country. Most of all, it is the story of courage⁠—the courage of real people who, caught up in the adversity that shattered their lives, can still look at the future with hope and at the past without bitterness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.purplehousepress.com\/products\/rowan-farm\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRowan Farm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e picks up a few days after where \u003cem\u003eThe Ark\u003c\/em\u003e leaves off. You won't want to miss this sequel!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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Perhaps the most compelling character of all is Midnight, the dancing black stallion, full of fire and beauty, and trained to perform before princes. Kate Seredy’s drawings make this a book to treasure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eA masterpiece of childhood literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e —Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eThe prose is perfect: vivid and often poetic. —\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e…a modern fairy tale of Hungary. —\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eKate Seredy’s fine illustrations help to link Hungary and America in this story of young Prince Michael whose changing fortunes brought him at last to the warmth of an American home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e —\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHorn Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eOccasionally something precious is lost for a while only to be rediscovered and become appreciated all over again. 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Long out of print, today’s readers can once again enjoy the delightful story of Chestry Oak, thanks to Purple House Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" align=\"right\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003e—Jane Claire Lambert, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveinarow.com\/\" style=\"color: #808080;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.fiveinarow.com\/\"\u003eFive In A Row\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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And, of course, there were lots of happy times, too: square dances, a wedding, and rides on Grandpa's ponies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eAs in all Lois Lenski’s regional books, the events in this story are based on true happenings, so her picture of life in a “coal camp” is a true snapshot of the 1950s. Written in 1959.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n*Worldwide titles: These titles may take up to 1-2 weeks to ship, or longer in November and December. 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But during the night they woke to the sound of shrieking sirens and clanging church bells. Even more frightening was the water splashing right inside the house.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eThat was the beginning of a night of terror, and dreadful days followed. People were swept off their roofs, and clung to anything they could find in hopes of being rescued. Through it all, the people of the Netherlands rallied to search for the missing, and the dike army worked non-stop to prevent further disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #808080;\"\u003eAlta Halverson Seymour wrote this gripping tale a short five years after the great flood swept over the Netherlands on January 31, 1953—one of their worst floods in over five hundred years. Through it all, the Dutch people showed great courage reclaiming homes and farms, in an agelong battle against the sea. 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