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Mary Smith

by Andrea U'Ren

School And Library, 1 v. (unpaged), Farrar Straus & Giroux, List Price: $16 |

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In a time before alarm clocks, Mary Smith, a "knocker-up," walks through the town early in the morning, waking people up by shooting at their windows with her peashooter. Jr Lib Guild.

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Children's Literature with Daniel Pinkwater

'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads

In the early 20th century, many of England's workers awoke to the tap, tap, tap of their town's "knocker-up." In her children's book Mary Smith, Andrea U'Ren follows a day in the life of a knocker-up armed with a pea shooter.

'Mary Smith' Wakes Up Village Sleepyheads

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