John stood up and stepped away. There, in the snow, lay an angel. Three paces away, he stepped a small circle in the snow and made a star. John smiled. He'd done it. An angel for Mrs. Wright and a star for her little black dog, Queenie. John and his mom are leaving their home in a small mining town first thing in the morning. When John wakes up ...
Although Percy wants to be grown up, he realizes he isn't ready when a prairie fire races toward the family homestead. He must face his fears and save the family home. Illustrations throughout.
During the flu epidemic of 1913, Lloyd is sent to the country to live with relatives. Finding himself bundled into a wagon on a stormy night, a tiny nameless baby thrust into his arms, Lloyd must get the baby to safety. But can he overcome his fears sufficiently to drive the wagon along a deserted muddy road as rain pelts down and darkness falls? ...
A realistic look at a year in the life of an early 20th-century pioneer family crossing the country to the prairie. Once there, they build a house, suffer through a harsh winter, and establish a farm. Illustrated with colored pencil and chalk drawings.
A realistic look at a year in the life of an early 20th-century pioneer family crossing the country to the prairie. Once there, they build a house, suffer through a harsh winter, and establish a farm. Illustrated with colored pencil and chalk drawings.
Belle is too old and stiff to pull the ploughs or the wagons anymore. In fact, Molly's horse barely earns her keep by carrying the young girl to piano lessons once a week. When Father wonders if they should get rid of Belle, Molly is delighted at the thought of prancing and galloping on a beautiful new pony. But one winter day on the way home ...
Mrs. Kazinski, the old woman who lives in the attic of the old Grant Street rooming house, turns eighty on Sunday. Frank, who lives with his mother in the back rooms on the main floor, is her friend. He wants to give her the best present in the world. But what could that be? He asks all the motley residents in the house and they do have good ideas ...
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