Publisher Description
Newbery Medal winner Carol Ryrie Brink uses vignettes of people she knew during her childhood in Idaho to give a glimpse of everyday life in the early twentieth century and to provide insight into her own tragic early years. This evocative and ultimately uplifting memoir is read by veteran narrators Emily Eiden, Nora Hunter, Susan C. Hunter and a full cast of the author's descendants and family members. Brink fans will recognize the real-life inspirations for many of the characters in her novels, especially her grandmother, Caroline Watkins (Gram), whose tales of her own childhood provided the basis for Brink's best-loved book, CADDIE WOODLAWN.
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About Carol Ryrie Brink
Carol Ryrie Brink (1895–1981) was the
author of many books for young readers, including Caddie Woodlawn’s Family, the companion volume to Caddie Woodlawn, and Baby Island. She modeled Caddie Woodlawn
after her grandmother, who had raised her from the age of eight.
About the Narrators
Emily Eiden is an award-winning actress best known
for her role in the 2005 film Scab. She also appeared in the television
series Campus Ladies. She is the winner of the 2012 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children’s Video, and she was named a 2013 Notable Children’s Recording by the American Library Association.
Nora Hunter has narrated several audiobooks, including The Ballad of Aramei by J. A. Redmerski and Beyond This Point Are Monsters by Margaret Miller. Her reading of One for the Murphys won her an AudioFile Earphones Award.
Susan C. Hunter is an award-winning playwright and audiobook narrator whose works have been produced around the country. She has been active in the Los Angeles 99-seat theatre scene as a writer, director and producer.
Zondervan, part of HarperCollins Christian Publishing, is a
world leading Bible publisher and provider of Christian communications. For
more than eighty years, Zondervan has delivered transformational Christian
experiences through its bestselling Bibles, books, curriculum, academic
resources, and digital products. The company’s products are sold in multiple formats,
worldwide in more than sixty countries, and translated into nearly two hundred
languages.