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The Quite Contrary Man: A True American Tale
Contributor(s): Hyatt, Patricia Rusch (Author), Brown, Kathryn (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0810940655 ISBN-13: 9780810940659
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers

OUR PRICE: $16.10

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: May 2011
* Out of Print *

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - State & Local
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 19th Century

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2009052211

Age Level: 6-9

Grade Level: 1-4

Lexile Measure: 840 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.44" H x 9.45" W x 10.29" L (0.98 lbs) 32 pages

Themes:
- Cultural Region - New England
- Chronological Period - 19th Century

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Awards: Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award, Nominee, Grades K-3, 2013

Review Citations: School Library Journal 03/01/2011 pg. 143
Booklist 04/01/2011 pg. 76
Publishers Weekly 03/28/2011
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2011
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2011 pg. 468 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 142176
Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:
In early-nineteenth-century New England, folks considered a clean chin a sign of godliness. Born into this buttoned-up, strict society, Joseph Palmer stood out from childhood as someone who liked to do things his own way. A friend to Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Alcotts, Palmer lived by his own code and grew a belly-flowing beard that made his neighbors so crazy that they tried forcibly to shave him. He fought back and ended up in prison for a year. His cause became a local sensation, and a few short decades later a president of the United States--Abraham Lincoln--would wear a beard.

Narrated with the charm of a tall tale, this true story celebrates the long American history of nonconformity and encourages children to question social rules they may take for granted.

Praise for Quite Contrary Man
"She Hyatt] cleanly lays out a morality tale that could prompt a healthy civics lesson. Brown's arch illustrations, in watercolor with pen and ink, nicely capture 19th-century New England."
-Kirkus Reviews

"Brown's warmhued watercolors reiterate the folk yarn feel with rustic touches. A spirited introduction to an iconoclastic 19th-century activist." -Publishers Weekly

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