Ox-Cart Man
by:
Donald Hall (author)
Barbara Cooney (illustrator)
Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780590422420 (0590422421)
Publish date: 1979-01-01
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Call me old fashioned but I rather like this children's book. The illustrations call to mind folk art, which I believe was a deliberate choice as it works perfectly with the tale. One can then understand why it won the Caldecott Medal.This book introduces children to a time that for them would be ha...