kids books set in the 1950s Archives

IN THE NEWS: C.A. Hartnell Donates Fully Restored 1937 Ford Custom, “Hawk’s Ride,”

admin2019-07-17T22:04:40+00:00July 17th, 2019|News, Press|

LAS VEGAS (PRWEB) JULY 17, 2019 Children’s Author and Philanthropist C.A. Hartnell donated her fully restored 1937 Ford custom, “Hawk’s Ride,” to nonprofit, My Possibilities in Plano, Texas. My Possibilities is a Plano-based for-cause 501c(3) organization that serves as the pioneering leader in vocational education for adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities throughout North Texas. To present the donation, Hartnell

BlueInk Review: The 1950s Adventures of Pete and Carol Ann

admin2019-06-18T19:18:37+00:00June 14th, 2019|News|

Scary Spring- BlueInk Review In C.A. Hartnell’s first book of a middle-grade series set in the 1950s, 11-year-old Carol Ann is terrified of catching the deadly polio virus—and of getting shots. Carol Ann is familiar with the terrible effects of polio: Some of her family members are polio survivors, as is a teenage boy she

Check Out My Summer Book Bundle!

admin2019-05-30T19:36:09+00:00May 30th, 2019|Posts From C.A. Hartnell|

It's the unofficial kick off of summer! Kids are out of school, families are planning road trips, and many of us are enjoying the warmer weather throughout the United States. In celebration of this fun season, you can buy all FOUR of my 50s book series for only $32.00! My 1950s children's book, Sinister

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day 6

admin2019-05-23T20:31:24+00:00May 23rd, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

On Day 6, here’s a really cool old Route 66 roadside attraction, the Leaning Water Tower in Groom, Texas. It leans at 10 degrees and though it looks like it’s leaning on two legs, the secret of the tower is that it’s really a tripod when you count the white pipe in the middle! Route

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day Three

admin2019-05-10T20:37:53+00:00May 9th, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

Day 3 on our fabulous Route 66 Road Trip! What a great adventure we’re having! Here I am with my classic car and my book series with the car in them! Here’s my car called Hawk’s Ride right before it’s getting loaded into the trailer for the rest of the Route 66 Road Trip! Drove

Route 66 Road Trip Adventures: Day One

admin2019-05-10T19:49:41+00:00May 6th, 2019|Carol Ann’s Adventures|

My Route 66 Road Trip 2019 “kicks” off at the End of the Trail where Route 66 ends on the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California. Here’s the Santa Monica Pier in the distance with the Pacific Ocean in the background. I took this photo from the bluff overlooking the Pier and beyond. At