Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl 1877

It is 1876—Christmas day—which just happens to be the eleventh birthday of Lillie Belle Gibbs. Her mother and father present her with a new journal. Now she must decide how to fill the pages.

Grasshoppers in her bed, a smudge pot to keep the mosquitos at bay, the one-room schoolhouse across the road, popping corn in the Victorian parlor, hired hands who work on the farm half the year, and her best friend, Minnesota Mae Hendrickson, all make appearances.

Using clues Lillie left behind through writings as a child and an adult, this important work of historical fiction is filled with stories and illustrations detailing a year in the ordinary life of a real Minnesota farm girl from the 1870s.

Grasshoppers in My Bed: Lillie Belle Gibbs, Minnesota Farm Girl, 1877 is a softcover book that includes additional historical materials and suggested reading lists.

For information and resources for parents and teachers, see www.grasshoppersinmybed.com.

176-pages, with map and 138 diary entries from December 1876 through December 1877. Written for eight-to-eleven-year olds in third to sixth grade and multi-generational readers.

RCHS Member Price: $18.00
Regular Price: $20.00
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