The next morning the girls get up earlier than the housekeeper and find the kitchen filthy.well growing up on a farm they did what they were taught.they clean (scour & scrub) the kitchen and proceed to make a hearty breakfast, whereupon arriving to find the kitchen clean and a decent meal cooked, Mrs. Things get off to a rocky beginning.the first night's dinner was the worst food Granddad & the kids have ever eaten, and Granddad makes sure everyone in the house knows it.

Show More the train heads out of town towards Chicago, it makes a sudden stop.lo & behold, it's Granddad.who snagged Mama's ticket out of the letter going back to Aunt Euterpe. They could acquire another source of their own and learn how to properly cite sources in their papers. Children could also use this book as a source in writing a research paper about the World’s Fair.

They could create these postcards as if they were at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and use facts from the book to make the postcards more realistic. The characters are funny and easy to warm up to, making this book a fun read.Īfter reading this book, children could create their own postcards similar to those displayed throughout the book. The photos throughout the book of the actual fair make it much more real to younger readers, and the historical note about the fair and it’s fate at the end of the book is a nice touch for readers. This book is great because not only do readers learn of the World’s Fair and history of Chicago, but also come to understand more about the way of life in the late 1800’s. Not only does the Beckett family have an amazing time in this humorous historical fiction, but end up inspiring and cheering up the recently widowed Aunt Euterpe on their trip as well. Accompanied by her brother, Buster, sister, Lottie, and Grandad Fuller, the small town family experiences something completely new and foreign in Chicago. Show More of how her poor, but hard working farm family from Illinois travel to the big city of Chicago upon invitation by her Aunt Euterpe.

Fair Weather by Richard Peck