Bright April
Author:
Marguerite de Angeli 
Complete Authored Works
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Bright April by Marguerite de Angeli Complete Authored Works
Illustrator:
Marguerite de Angeli Complete Authored Works
Publication:
1946 by Doubleday & Company, Inc
Genre:
Fiction, Read Aloud
Pages:
88
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Like the month she was born in and named after, April was bright one moment and dark the next. But mostly she was Bright April—because of her happy family, her Brownie Scout Troop, and all her friends in the Philadelphia suburb where she lived.
This is April's story. It is especially the story of her tenth birthday, which brought the best surprise she could have ever imagined.
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Marguerite de Angeli
1889 - 1987American
Marguerite de Angeli was born in 1889 in Lapeer, Michigan. During her long, productive life she wrote twenty-eight books for young readers that won ... See more
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Bright April
Reprinted in 2020 by Purple House Press
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Bright April
Reviewed by Megan
Themes of loving nature, loving one’s neighbor, and loving Truth are woven through Bright April, a story that gracefully handles racism and the dignity of each human in a middle grade book that was originally published in the 1940’s. It’s a story well-worth reading...
Bright April
Marguerite de Angeli is making a very definite contribution to young people's knowledge of regional and racial cultural...
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