Links - From the Mixed-Up Files of
Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

  • This site has the vocabulary from the book that we talked about, plus some other fun activities and questions about the story.


  • Remember how the prices for things in the book were different from the way things cost now? It's because of an economic trend called INFLATION, where prices for things rise over time. You can learn more about inflation by clicking here.


  • For meals, Claudia and Jamie often ate at a place called the AUTOMAT. This postcard from the 1940's shows how an automat worked.

 

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