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Baby Island

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Author
: Carol Ryrie Brink

Illustrator: Helen Sewell

Summary: 12-year-old Mary Wallace and her sister Jean, 10, are marooned on a desert island with three babies while en route to Australia to meet up with their father.  They spend three months on the island with their little charges, until their eventual rescue. While there, they meet Mr. Peterkin, who has come to the island to escape "meddlesome young'uns," but who is softened and won over by the babies. 

1937 Macmillan Company 172 pp

Reading Skill Level: 9-12

Reviewed by: Derri Smith, August 2006

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Granted, Baby Island is an utterly unrealistic book, from the launch of a lifeboat with only two young girls and three babies inside, to the unlikely ending, and much of what happens in between.  However, for readers willing to suspend reality, this tale is a dream adventure for many a little girl; getting to play the role of mother to three adorable babies. Baby Island was for years my elder daughter's favorite book.

Baby Island's moral and spiritual tone and emphasis on good character traits are rare in most more modern books, and in many older ones as well. Mary and Jean can inspire young readers to courage, creativity and responsibility. All in all, the book is a charming romp of a read, with good values, recommended highly for all young girls who love babies.  

 

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