Editorial Reviews Review “(A)n atmospheric coming-of-age story with plenty of plot twists and turns.” – School Library Connection, starred review “In lingering, evocative prose, this story is demonstratively reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird, including a stifling courtroom inquiry of … Continue reading →
School Library Journal (SLJ) February Reviews DONAHUE, Marilyn Cram. When the Crickets Stopped Singing. 288p. Calkins Creek. Mar. 2018. Tr $17.95. ISBN 9781629797236. Gr 4-6-Twelve-year-old Angie anticipates another routine yet carefree summer in her small California town. But it’s 1939 and Hitler’s rise … Continue reading →
WHEN THE CRICKETS STOPPED SINGING Author: Marilyn Cram-Donahue In a small and apparently all-white town, Angelina and her friends face a sinister danger. It’s a roasting hot summer in 1939, and Angelina is troubled by news of Hitler as newscasters … Continue reading →
Nothing compares to the feeling I get when the germ of an idea pops from some mysterious place in my brain, floats around a while like a sea gull’s feather, caught in the sea breeze, then settles down so I … Continue reading →
The time grows nearer. . . “When the Crickets Stopped Singing” Available March 20, 2018!!! “This is an emotionally resonant historical novel for older middle grade readers set in the summer of 1939. Twelve-year-old Angie Wallace and her friends embark … Continue reading →
Explanation: In the memoir class I teach, I encourage students to choose single moments from their memories and expand them into vignettes. For starters, I suggested that they reach back into the past and try to recapture a … Continue reading →
Compiled by Marilyn Cram Donahue and Lucile Cram Whitecotton Suttle John Henry Cram was born in 1788 in Jay, New York, Essex County. This was a rather hilly region west of the Hudson River. He grew up in Jay, … Continue reading →
When Frank Cram was a little boy, he used to get to go to San Bernardino once a week on Saturday. He said they went many times to visit his Grandmother Wakefield when they lived down at Olive and ranched … Continue reading →
Noted author and local historian Marilyn Cram Donahue shares her memories of Christmas from earlier times in the small town of Highland, California.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNFR9LppM4Y&feature=youtu.be … Continue reading →
When I was young, I danced in the living room with the carpet rolled back against the wall and my mother’s fringed light fixture pulled up by its chain so we wouldn’t bump our heads on it. I danced … Continue reading →
