C. COCO DE YOUNG
Book an Author Visit or Speaking Engagement Programs listed under Teacher Talk  My dad, Carmel, and his sister, Mary during the Great Depression. They became the characters Charlie and Margo  In A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt, Margo and Charlie lived with their parents on Maple Avenue. This is an old newspaper clipping of the house as depicted in the story. The house was loved and well kept; however, it was actually my mother’s home. The house no longer exists, with this as the only known photo. |
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Click here to read more about this board book. A LETTER TO MRS. ROOSEVELT
Click here for an online Teacher's Guide to accompany this book This is the inspiring tale of a young girl's fight to save her family home. Margo's desperate attempts to be courageous and responsible are challenged by the antics of her nine-year-old brother, Charlie, whose leg operation created the need for an emergency bank loan. Based on true stories handed down in my family, Booklist recognized this novel as one which "creates a strong sense of time and place." During the era of the Great Depression, the well-being of the Coco Family was threatened. Grandfather, Michael Coco, dictated a letter to the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, which was penned in the handwriting of my father's older sister, Mary. Grandfather Coco did not ask for money, but for the gift of time. His plea for help was answered. AWARDS FOR THIS BOOK: * Recipient of the Marguerite de Angeli Prize * 2000-2001 Keystone to Reading Book Award * Nominated for State Book Awards in Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Florida, South Carolina, Washington, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, and Tennessee * Teacher's Choices 2000 by the International Reading Association * A Booklist "Top 10 First Novels" of 1999 * Selected by the Children's Book Council and the National Council of Social Studies as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People  The author with her father, Carmel C. Coco, who is depicted as the character, "Charlie" in the book |
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