Tag: Bud Not Buddy

May 24, 2012 by Betsy Bird

Top 100 Children’s Novels #60: Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis

#60 Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis (1999) 35 points When you hear that a book is about an orphan during the Great Depression, you might expect an emotional one-trick-pony – sadness to spare. Give Christopher Paul Curtis credit for bringing this era to life with vibrancy and flashes of surprising humor. Flint, Michigan […]