Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream
by Carole Kismaric, Marvin Heiferman
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"Growing Up with Dick and Jane is a nostalgic pop culture adventure that invites the millions of children who grew up reading with Dick and Jane to revisit the innocence of childhood. For those who weren't lucky enough to have Dick and Jane as friends, this entertaining and informative book traces the phenomenon from their birth during the Depression to their retirement in the turbulent 1960s."--Back coverTags
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Brings back memories of the books and a simpler time. I loved all the details about how Dick and Jane came about. How the world changed over the course of their existence, and how it ended. The illustrations are beautiful.
Not a Dick and Jane primer as we read in school, but a book about the books. I am very surprised how hard it is to find a copy of the original books.
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- Canonical title
- Growing Up with Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream
- Original publication date
- 1996
- People/Characters
- Dick; Jane; Sally
- First words
- The Declaration of Independence doesn't guarantee that childhood will be a carefree, happy time.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Dick and Jane stir memories that have lingered for decades because they remind us of our own histories, especially what it was like to grow up when childhood felt like one long summer day.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
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