The characters are funny and easy to warm up to, making this book a fun read.Īfter reading this book, children could create their own postcards similar to those displayed throughout the book. The photos throughout the book of the actual fair make it much more real to younger readers, and the historical note about the fair and it’s fate at the end of the book is a nice touch for readers. This book is great because not only do readers learn of the World’s Fair and history of Chicago, but also come to understand more about the way of life in the late 1800’s. Not only does the Beckett family have an amazing time in this humorous historical fiction, but end up inspiring and cheering up the recently widowed Aunt Euterpe on their trip as well. Accompanied by her brother, Buster, sister, Lottie, and Grandad Fuller, the small town family experiences something completely new and foreign in Chicago. Show More of how her poor, but hard working farm family from Illinois travel to the big city of Chicago upon invitation by her Aunt Euterpe.
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