{"product_id":"a-home-for-foundlings-isbn-9780887767098","title":"A Home for Foundlings","description":"\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2005 Norma Fleck Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThousands of mothers carried their babies to the gates of the Foundling Hospital desperate to save them from the cruel streets of eighteenth-century London. Each baby was left with a personal “token” – identification if a repentant mother ever returned to reclaim her child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCaptain Thomas Coram, himself childless, was inspired by the sight of babies abandoned on dung heaps to petition the king for support in building a home for England’s poorest children. Coram’s vision saved countless children’s lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Home for Foundlings\u003c\/i\u003e describes the hospital Captain Coram founded, the luminaries involved – including Handel, Hogarth, and Dickens – and the daily lives of the foundlings themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of archival photos and materials, and published in cooperation with the newly established Foundling Museum in London and Lord Cultural Resources, \u003ci\u003eA Home for Foundlings\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating, heartbreaking, and timely book. Author Marthe Jocelyn’s text has particular resonance: her grandfather, Arthur Jocelyn, was raised in the Foundling Hospital.“A heartbreaking book… extensively researched… presents information in a way that is respectful of the people and the situation… story and photos convey a fascinating part of history… Jocelyn writes feelingly without any sentimentality.”\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-Jury Comment (Norma Fleck Award)\u003cb\u003eMarthe Jocelyn\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning author and illustrator who worked for many years as a toy designer before turning her hand to writing. Although this is her first work of nonfiction, she has written five novels, including the critically acclaimed works of historical fiction Mable Riley and \u003ci\u003eEarthly Astonishments.\u003c\/i\u003e Marthe Jocelyn lives in New York City and Stratford, Ontario with her husband, artist Tom Slaughter, and their daughters.","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302161207525,"sku":"NP9780887767098","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780887767098.jpg?v=1767720534","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-home-for-foundlings-isbn-9780887767098","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}