- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (April 23 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0761126910
- ISBN-13: 978-0761126911
- Product Dimensions: 27.2 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 839 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #212,413 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From School Library Journal
Grade 5 Up-Charm marks this nostalgic look at girls' sleepaway camps. Pages of uncaptioned vintage photographs accompany glowing first-person remembrances by women who spent girlhood summers making lanyards and lifelong friends. Valuable as an oral and visual history of an experience common to many girls, the book is fun to browse. Though spread over the decades of the 20th century, the reminiscences are remarkably similar, both in terms of the activities recounted and in the personal growth achieved. Over and over, the interviewees recall camp as the place where they learned the value of personal discipline, were encouraged to try new things and set aside inhibitions, and began to realize their full potential. Kahn includes mystery meat, short-sheeted beds, sing-along songs, swimming, horseback riding, color wars, and s'mores, but friendship in an all-girl community is consistently the highlight of the experience here. So luminous are the descriptions that readers must conclude that no camper ever had a truly negative experience. Despite the emotional and visual appeal of Sleepaway, it is dedicated to a niche experience, and will be of limited value to most school libraries. Possibly of help to students seeking examples of oral-history projects, it may also appeal to readers who enjoy juvenile fiction set in camps, such as Kate Klise's Letters from Camp (1999) and Regarding the Fountain (1998, both Avon).
Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Joyce Adams Burner, Hillcrest Library, Prairie Village, KS
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Remember how you cried when you first arrived at camp? Then sobbed when it was time to leave? From goofy pranks and late-night giggling to life-changing friendships, summer camp is an experience that girls love-and women never forget. With the warm and nostalgic feel of a scrapbook, Sleepaway transports grown-up campers back to the treasured days of summer and their first taste of independence. Written by Laurie S. Kahn, a former advertising executive (who overcame her disappointment at not being color war captain only when she was named director of radio and television production at Young & Rubicam in New York), Sleepaway collects a hundred years of camp lore, plus vintage photographs, letters, songs, badges, postcards, and autographed pillowcases. Here are stories that instantly evoke memories of a first bunk (remember the smell of damp towels piled up on a rainy day?), of swimming tests and socials (a chance for a first kiss!), of rowdy singalongs, joyous mealtimes, mail call, and the hilarity of a short-sheeted bed. There's a recipe for bug juice; instructions for playing jacks, folding the perfect hospital corner, and making a lanyard; camp packing lists; Best Make-Out Songs by Decade; and--at last!--the complete lyrics to John Jacob Jingelheimer Schmidt. A perfect gift for every woman who wishes she still had name tags in her clothes.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
A waste of time and paper!,
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This review is from: Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and Camps They Love (Paperback)
I bought this book, expecting to find an all engaging volume reminding me of the fun times of summer camp. Instead, I was greeted by dull and repetitive narration which could not have ended soon enough. 242 pages of camp nostalgia, please, by the end I was all too glad my camp days were over and were nothing but a distant memory. If you really must relive those days of disgusting camp food and sleepless nights filled with mosquitoes, save your money and take this book out from the library, where it must surely be collecting dust.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Even appreciated by a young camper,
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This review is from: Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and Camps They Love (Paperback)
I am 15 years old right now, and i have been going to sleepaway camp for 3 years now. I went to camp not knowing many people, mabye 3 girls and now camp is something i can't live without! For four weeks, and starting summer '04 it will be eight weeks-i have thought about camp all year round. Camp is one magical place where you can get away, and this book captures that special feeling that camp gives you. For any camper old or new this book is amazing!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Camp Spirit from cover to cover!,
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This review is from: Sleepaway: The Girls of Summer and Camps They Love (Paperback)
From the cover with the reminiscent red plaid sleeping bag graphics, to song lyrics, recipes, journal entries and photographs, this book speaks so perfectly to the universal appeal of all-girls camps in America. I was fortunate to have attended three years of girls camp & one of co-ed camp, and even the images that are 100 years old seemed to jump off the pages as if they were from my own memories from 15 years ago. I absorbed the pages voraciously, and immediately told my old camp bunkmate about the book. Wow. I cannot remember any other book touching my memories as personally, and intimately. S'mores, campfires, secret rituals within our tribe, rifelry & archery, war canoe, trampoline, running around in our underwear, singing into broom handles, medals & awards ceremonies, vespers; All girls who've attended sleepaway camps have similar testimonies--only I didn't realize how similar until I read this book! It is a wonderful gift, because it is an unexpected and pleasant reminder of a longed-for childhood gone by. It also reminded me that my own children should be afforded this same priviledge that I received! In my mid 30's I still sing my own silly camp songs as well as the ones my mother taught me from her Girl Scout camp days, and the ones Grandma taught her from her own camping memories. This book will help the traditions be preserved for another 100 years. Bravo! Can I contribute to the next edition? I have hysterical photos of costumed talent shows from an era when imitating Madonna & the B52's were considered "talents!" LOL You can't go wrong with this book, or with sending your daughters to Sleepover camps! :O)
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