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Mary Smith

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4.1 out of 5
Based on 112 Ratings and 36 Reviews

Book Description
Time to get up!

Did you ever wonder how people woke up in time for school
or work in the days before alarm clocks? In the early twentieth century, townspeople in England hired "knocker-ups" like Mary Smith for a few pence a week. Mary Smith traveled through predawn streets armed with a peashooter and a pocket watch, waking her clients at whatever hour they requested by plinking dried pe... More
Book Information
PublisherFarrar Straus & Giroux
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages32
ISBN-100374348421
ISBN-13978-0374348427
Publication Date08/13/2003
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About Andrea U'Ren (Author, Illustrator) : Let me bore you with this TRUE intro line: I knew I wanted to write and illustrate children's picture books since I was 9 years old. I knew it. I garnished up courage to mumble the following most ex... more
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12/15/2007 Andrea U'Ren tagged as: I illustrated, I wrote

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