The adventures of a young boy hired to shepherd a boxcar of farm animals from Kentucky to Canada.
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From Publishers Weekly
An ebullient boy, hired by a farming family to help with their move to Canada, narrates this sprawling adventure; PW praised the "text that sings and shimmering paintings that fairly burst with color." Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 2-3 An honest story told deceptively simply in prose that rings like a struck crystal goblet: clear with a full range of overtones. The adolescent storyteller is hired to help move a farm family from Kentucky to Canada by rail. In his matter of fact first-person account, children will feel his love of animals and the land as he describes the chores and changing landscape. Gammell's good-natured naturalistic watercolors extend the sparse narrative in detailing the events involved in the move: packing quilts and sacks of feed, caring for the animals, and sharing a fire with hoboes. He creates character with his brush, be it a stoic hen, a contented cow, or the vitally happy hero. Even the vintage train is invested with a spirit of determination as its engine billows black smoke and its caboose puffs out wisps of grey from its skinny smokestack. Author and artist combine their considerable skills in this tale of one boy's trip West that echoes the spirit of those involved in the Westward expansion. Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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