A Lemon and a Star Series
Autobiographical chronicles of a family of children growing up just after the turn of the twentieth century.
Books in the A Lemon and a Star series:
A Lemon and a Star (1955)
Four siblings grow up in New England in the early twentieth century.
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Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Prudence Seward
The Wild Angel (1957)
Hubert and Jane are sent to stay with Grandfather and go to school - for cause - and they give it.
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Charles Geer
Terrible, Horrible Edie (1960)
Edie wants to be included in her older siblings plans, but ends up making her own adventures. The family’s summer by the shore comes to a climax with a hurricane - and it isn’t Edie.
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Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Edie on the Warpath (1966)
Edie can’t seem to stay out of trouble - things just happen to her.
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone