The Bobbin Girl

by Emily Arnold McCully

Book Overview

Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803718276
• ISBN13: 9780803718272
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.8" x 10.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Bobbin Girl - a great way to teach about the Lowell Mills

I am an 8th grade history teacher and I use this book every year when I am teaching about the Lowell Mills and the Industrial Revolution. The students love it and it really helps open up a discussion about the positive and negative effects of the Industrial Revolution