Reviews for A Nation's First Steps

The average rating for A Nation's First Steps based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-05 00:00:00 Joseph Madel We checked out this CD from the library (no accompanying book). I'm not really impressed with the production quality of this CD or the accuracy of the phonics ("r" doesn't say "er" when it's at the beginning of a word, it says "ruh"). There are a couple of songs that might be worth it, but definitely not anything I would actually purchase.

Review # 2 was written on 2015-08-21 00:00:00 Evan Henry I finally got my hands on this favourite from my childhood. I didn't actually remember the plot, other than there being an orphan on a train with a basket containing her things, but I remembered being quite passionate about it when I was 8 or 9 or so. It's out of print now, and the library copy was missing for months after I put it on hold, then suddenly turned up. Lots of glorious details I'd forgotten - not only a plucky orphan, but also a terrible orphanage with an evil Matron, some kind and wise aristocrats (think Downton meets Jane Eyre, or maybe Annie!), adventures on a canal boat (very educational about English canals prior to the motor boat, good to know), and, because it's Noel Streatfeild, there's some stuff with the performing arts. Very satisfying, and of course improbable. 4.5. stars, not that I'm exactly impartial.