peppe american paperback lamplighter

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2 reviews
Elisa Bartone

HarperCollins Publishers, 1996

Terrible
Really, a terrible book. The text shows Rosie to be a selfish, rebellious brat who yells at her father and only cares about being American. She doesn't care a thing about the Italian culture. There's a stupid bit of love interest in the form of a boy named Jimmy, who gawks at Rosie and asks her to dance in the end. Of course, after shunning him for so long, she accepts the dance. The ...

Peppe the Lamplighter (Book and Audiocassette Tape) (Paperback)
Elisa Bartone

Scholastic Inc., 1994

Peppe, a young immigrant, lives in a tenement in Little Italy in the early 1900s. His mother is dead, his father is ill, and the boy must help support his eight sisters. The street lamplighter offers him a temporary job, and Peppe accepts with pride and excitement. His father disapproves, but the girls encourage him. Peppe imagines each light to be "a small flame of promise for the future" and makes a wish for those he loves at each lamp. His ...

Peppe the Lamplighter (Audiocassette Tape)

9 reviews
Elisa Bartone

Scholastic Inc., 1994

Stunning artwork makes this book special
"Peppe the Lamplighter" combines a story by Elisa Bartone with illustrations by Ted Lewin. The story takes place "[a] long time ago when there was no electricity and the street lamps in Little Italy had to be lit by hand." The hero of the book is Peppe, who lives with his widowed father and sisters in a tenement. Peppe's decision to get a job as a lamplighter leads to conflict between Peppe and ...