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The Trolley Car Family (1947)

by Eleanor Clymer

Other authors: Ursula Koering (Illustrator)

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The story of the Parker family who live in a trolley car.
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I remember reading this as a child and loving it. Made me wish we lived on a trolley car. ( )
  KathyC200 | Mar 22, 2020 |
Really delightful! I loved it. Cute ( )
  njcur | Feb 13, 2014 |
An entertaining story about a family who moves to the country to live in an old trolley car after their father, a driver, is laid off. ( )
  randomnickname | Jul 20, 2007 |
From 1975 vintage Scholastic cover:

Something is wrong. Cranky Mr. Jefferson is sure of it. Those noisy Parker children next door are much too quiet.

Something IS wrong at the Parker home. Pa Parker has just lost his job. Pa has been driving a trolley car for years. Now the trolley car company is changing to busses. Drive a new-fangled bus? Not Pa Parker! No wonder all the Parkers are worried. But if Pa doesn't have a job, he does have a trolley car. And what could be more sensible than living in the trolley 'til Pa gets another job. So off they go--Ma and Pa Parker, Sally, Bill, George and Little Peter--and of all people, cranky Mr. Jefferson, too. Bouncing and bumping on the trolley tracks, they park their new home at the last stop. It's the end of the line for the trolley car, but it's a beginning of fun and adventure for the trolley car family.
  Sasha_Doll | Aug 22, 2007 |
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Something is wrong. Cranky Mr. Jefferson is sure of it. Those noisy Parker children next door are much too quiet. Something is wrong at the Parker home. Pa Parker has just lost his job. Pa has been driving a trolley car for years. Now the trolley car company is changing to busses. Drive a new-fangled bus? Not Pa Parker! No wonder all the Parkers are worried. But if Pa doesn't have a job, he does have a trolley car. And what could be more sensible than living in the trolley 'til Pa gets another job. So off they go - Ma and Pa Parker, Sally, Bill, George and Little Peter - and of all people, cranky Mr. Jefferson too. Bouncing and bumping on the trolley tracks, they park their new home at the last stop. It's the end of the line for the trolley car, but it's a beginning fo fun and adventure for the trolley car family.
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