![]() ![]() ![]() It reminds me now of a combination of the Little House on the Prairiebooks by Laura Ingalls Wilder and also a little bit of The Grapes of Wrathby John Steinbeck. Reading it again makes me understand how my reading tastes have developed, as I have always loved stories about large families and their struggles. How did you hear about it? I first read it when I was a young girl.Ĭlosing comment: Cotton in My Sack is one of my favorite girlhood books. Lenski is both the author and the illustrator of Cotton in My Sack and her unique illustrations show the family during the good and the bad, adding much to the story’s realism. Neighbors look out for each other and even the boss man’s wife turns out to be nice, making the story both a dose of reality and an example of the goodness in people. ![]() Tractor accidents, illness, stolen cotton and other problems keep the Hutleys locked in place, until Uncle Shine Morse shows them how they must pull themselves up by their own bootstraps.ĭespite their hardships, Joanda and her family work together and are a cheerful and loving group, which makes it a remarkably charming story. The Hutleys endure many ups and downs and live from payday to payday, often squandering their money in town every Saturday, and leaving little for groceries and coal to heat their house. What’s it about? Realistic fiction about young Joanda Hutley and her sharecropper family, cotton pickers in Arkansas during the late 1940s. ![]()
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