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The materials in this archive are copyright © The Manitoba LibraryĪssociation. Recommended for public library collec­tions and school resource centres.Įllen Heaney is Head of the Children's Department at New Westminster Public Library in New Westminster, British Columbia. The authentic details of family life offered here lend reality to a story which is really about economic and social issues larger than whether Booky deserves government-sponsored school lunches and at what cost to her own self-esteem.Īnd I know I am getting old (not a child of the Depression, but of the 1950s) when I am cheered by a small episode in which Booky and her friends are excited by the find of - gasp! - a nickel! 547 Ratings 34 Reviews published 1981 2 editions Booky didn't know much about the reasons for the G Want to Read Rate it: Book 2 With Love from Booky by Bernice Thurman Hunter 4.22 264 Ratings 10 Reviews published 1982 3 editions The irrespressible Booky is back. The latter similarity is strengthened by cameo appear­ances from Gerard Parks (whom we have seen recently as Matthew Cuthbert in the "Anne" television series) and Patricia Hamilton (Mrs. There is something of Cleary's Ramona here and flickers of Anne of Green Gables and her struggles against convention. She is dark-eyed, droopy-hemmed and full of life. Young Renessa Blitz gives a delightful performance as the main character. That Scatterbrain Booky has been made into a well-scripted film by Moss Productions.īooky is a child of the Depression, with a father who resents having to "go on relief," an older sister who wonders if she should quit school and look for work as a waitress, a mother valiantly stretching not enough food over too many days.

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and. Many of us have enjoyed the "Booky" books, a series of autobiographical novels by Bernice Thurman Hunter. If you have read this book, you can choose the appropriate language level. VHS cassette, 23 min., $99.00ĭistributed by Magic Lantern Communications, #38 - 775 Pacific Rd., Oakville, Ont.

Ī new musical by Joey Miller debuted in March 1991 at the Young People's Theatre, Toronto, running for at least two months.Atlantis Films/Moss Productions/Booky Productions, 1992. Booky didnt know much about the reasons for the Great Depression. Adaptations Ī play based on the book debuted at the Cascade Theatre as part of the 10th Annual Children's Book Festival, held at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto in November 1986. She was nominated for a 1982 Toronto Book Award.

That Scatterbrain Booky is a 1981 novel by Bernice Thurman Hunter.