Dorothy's List is VPR's book club for kids! Each month we highlight a book nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. We visit schools and libraries where the book is being read, check out how young readers are interacting with the book and relay students' questions to the author.
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Dorothy's List is VPR's book club for kids! Each month we highlight a book nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. We visit schools and libraries where the book is being read, check out how young readers are interacting with the book and relay students' questions to the author.
Dorothy's List: 'Lost In The Pacific, 1942' Recounts A Tense — And True — Survival Story
Dorothy's List
10 minutes
7 years ago
Dorothy's List: 'Lost In The Pacific, 1942' Recounts A Tense — And True — Survival Story
Westford Elementary School students have broken up into small groups, clustered around library tables — but in this case, the tables are figurative life rafts. The students are discovering a nearly-forgotten piece of history, as they dive into the nonfiction book Lost in the Pacific, 1942 by Vermont author Tod Olson .
Dorothy's List
Dorothy's List is VPR's book club for kids! Each month we highlight a book nominated for the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award. We visit schools and libraries where the book is being read, check out how young readers are interacting with the book and relay students' questions to the author.
