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Prairie Dog Pioneers

By Harper, Jo & Spearing, Craig

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Like water on parched ground, Mae Dean's happiness dries up when her father announces the family is headed west for a new life on the Texas Panhandle. Her brothers are excited about the move, but Mae Dean doesn't want to leave home and make a new one literally out of the ground. In a poignant confrontation, she lashes out at her father, and he comforts her with gentle words of reassurance. Colorful linoleum-cut block prints illustrate the story.

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978-1-89051-510-2
Publisher
Turtle Books (New York, NY)


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 1998

K-Gr 4 Papa and the rest of the family are excited to be moving to the prairie, but young Mae Dean doesn't want to go. During the journey, she becomes frightened when Papa risks taking the wagon up a steep hill during a rainstorm. She continues to sulk when they reach their new home, unhappily comparing the sod house to a prairie dog's underground den. When Mae Dean confronts her father with all of her disappointm...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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