Do you know why the transit fare card in Boston is called the Charlie Card? Young readers will find out, and should bring an extra nickel along, when they hop aboard the ``T`` to follow Charlie through the streets of Boston in 1949.
A timeline at the end of the book has juicy tidbits of Boston\'s history surrounding this time-honored folk song, made famous by the Kingston Trio, and will inform and enthrall readers young and old..
O\'Brien, Jr. song lyrics of the mayoral campaign song, written by Bess Lomax Hawes and Jackie Steiner, for her father Walter A.
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O\'Brien-Merrill sets the story straight using original historical documents and the original M.
The full-page magical illustrations of Caitlin Marquis will take readers on a ride above and below the streets of Boston as they were in Charlie\'s time, zooming past familiar landmarks--many still standing, some long gone--wondering all the while, will Charlie Ever return? Julia M.
Do you know why the transit fare card in Boston is called the Charlie Card? Young readers will find out, and should bring an extra nickel along, when they hop aboard the ``T`` to follow Charlie through the streets of Boston in 1949
