General Book Club: Little Heathens
Schedule
Thu Feb 12 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
309 Oak St, DeKalb, IL, United States, Illinois 60115 | Dekalb, IL
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armstrong Kalish is the February book club pick. It is story of growing up on her grandparents’ Iowa farm during the depths of the Great Depression. With her father banished from the household for mysterious transgressions, five-year-old Mildred and her family could easily have been overwhelmed by the challenge of simply trying to survive. This, however, is not a tale of suffering.Kalish counts herself among the lucky of that era. She had caring grandparents who possessed—and valiantly tried to impose all the pioneer virtues of their forebears, teachers who inspired and befriended her, and a barnyard full of animals ready to be tamed and loved. She and her siblings and their cousins from the farm across the way played as hard as they worked, running barefoot through the fields, as free and wild as they dared.
Copies of the book will be available in the library one month before the program.
This book club is intended for adults. No registration is required.
For additional information, please contact Susan at [email protected] or at (815) 756-9568 ext. 2114.
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