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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3?A fine example of successful historical fiction in picture-book format. Leah's parents are farmers in the Great Plains of the 1930s. Amid locusts and drought, their bank forecloses on its loan, ordering a farm auction. Leah sells her beloved pony and uses the money to bid one dollar for her father's tractor. No one has the heart to outbid her. Her action inspires others at the auction to buy the rest of the goods for ridiculously low-dusty bids and return everything to Leah's family. The oil paintings with subdued color values have great intensity, especially several that catch their subjects full-face and frozen at the peak of strong emotional reactions. Impact is enhanced by the starkness of the setting and the illustrations' stillness. This is a far cry from the brightness of Garland's My Cousin Katie (Crowell, 1989; o.p.). Friedrich adds a one-page historical note describing the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, and "penny" farm auctions. A moving, effective sketch of a child's bravery and its power to trigger generosity in the adults around her.? Liza Bliss, Worcester Public Library, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Ages 5^-8. Using spare text and eloquent pictures, this book focuses on the difficulties that families encountered in the dust bowl, when the "wind blew so hard it turned the sky black with dust." Leah sees her parents' fear when the stock must be sold and the bank plans an auction. Readers will empathize with the girl when she sells her pony and bids her one dollar on the all-important tractor, thus setting off a "penny auction," in which neighbors buy the struggling family's assets for tiny amounts but then return them. Friedrich personalizes the history without making it too painful for young readers, and Garland's paintings, which keep detail to a minimum, focus attention on the people and the sweeping landscape. Pair this with Ann Turner's Dust for Dinner , an I Can Read book on the same subject. Susan Dove Lempke --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Kindergarten-Grade 3?A fine example of successful historical fiction in picture-book format. Leah's parents are farmers in the Great Plains of the 1930s. Amid locusts and drought, their bank forecloses on its loan, ordering a farm auction. Leah sells her beloved pony and uses the money to bid one dollar for her father's tractor. No one has the heart to outbid her. Her action inspires others at the auction to buy the rest of the goods for ridiculously low-dusty bids and return everything to Leah's family. The oil paintings with subdued color values have great intensity, especially several that catch their subjects full-face and frozen at the peak of strong emotional reactions. Impact is enhanced by the starkness of the setting and the illustrations' stillness. This is a far cry from the brightness of Garland's My Cousin Katie (Crowell, 1989; o.p.). Friedrich adds a one-page historical note describing the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression, and "penny" farm auctions. A moving, effective sketch of a child's bravery and its power to trigger generosity in the adults around her.? Liza Bliss, Worcester Public Library, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Ages 5^-8. Using spare text and eloquent pictures, this book focuses on the difficulties that families encountered in the dust bowl, when the "wind blew so hard it turned the sky black with dust." Leah sees her parents' fear when the stock must be sold and the bank plans an auction. Readers will empathize with the girl when she sells her pony and bids her one dollar on the all-important tractor, thus setting off a "penny auction," in which neighbors buy the struggling family's assets for tiny amounts but then return them. Friedrich personalizes the history without making it too painful for young readers, and Garland's paintings, which keep detail to a minimum, focus attention on the people and the sweeping landscape. Pair this with Ann Turner's Dust for Dinner , an I Can Read book on the same subject. Susan Dove Lempke --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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