Tin Can Drives
A Guest Post by Educator Catherine Maryse Anderson
In the final chapter of Skating with the Statue of Liberty, Gustave and September Rose get “into a long line of kids carrying crates and bags full … Read More
Anti-Semitism in the United States in the 1940s
A Guest Post by Catherine Maryse Anderson
Susan Lynn Meyer’s novel Skating With the Statue of Liberty opens in 1942 on board a transport ship bound for America. Gustave and his … Read More
The Double V Campaign
A Guest Post by Educator Catherine Maryse Anderson
Today we are surrounded by logos and slogans designed to capture our attention, draw us to a product, or encourage our participation in a group or movement. … Read More
Today, we have something special: a guest post about SKATING WITH THE STATUE OF LIBERTY from a teacher from Portland, Maine! Thank you, Catherine!
IMMIGRATION RESTRICTIONS DURING WORLD WAR II
By Educator Catherine Mayrse Anderson
Anne Frank, famous the … Read More
Most likely there are some songs mentioned in Skating with the Statue of Liberty that you do not know, unless you happen to be old enough to remember the year 1942.
Maybe you would like to hear some of them.… Read More
Sometimes, when you write fiction, something odd occurs. Out of the blue, it feels as if your work has become real.
This has happened to me twice before. Once was after I had finished writing my first novel, Black Radishes… Read More
In Skating with the Statue of Liberty, Gustave gets his first job in America working as a delivery boy for Mr. Quong’s Hand Laundry. This comes pretty directly from my father’s life–he too worked for the Chinese laundry across … Read More
In chapter 22 of Skating With the Statue of Liberty, Cousin Henri takes Gustave and Jean-Paul to the Automat before they go to the movies.
Horn & Hardart Automats were founded by Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart. Hardart, who … Read More
Something amazing has happened—the first copies of my new book, Skating With the Statue of Liberty came in the mail!
As it happened, they arrived in the middle of a freak spring snowstorm, so it is really lucky that … Read More
I had another “small world” moment today when I came across George Ella Lyon’s delightful nonfiction picture book, Mother to Tigers, illustrated by Peter Catalanotto (Atheneum 2003).
This is another terrific picture book to buy for children who … Read More