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Whatever Happened to the Pony Express?

by Kay, Verla & Root, Barry & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

When the Pony Express came along, it cut the time it took to send a letter across the country in half. But only a year and a half later, with the arrival of tr...

Dadblamed Union Army Cow

by Fletcher, Susan & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

During the Civil War, a devoted cow follows her owner when he joins the Union Army and, despite all his efforts to send her home, stays with him and his regime...

Clown Child

by Littlesugar, Amy & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Olivia and her father are popular clowns in the Crystal Caravan circus, but she longs for a settled home to live in.

In the Piney Woods

by Schotter, Roni & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Grandpa and his granddaughter spend his last summer visiting and enjoying the pine woods near their house.

The Birds of Killingworth

Based on a Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

by Souci, Robert D. San & San Souci, Robert D. & Root, Kimberly Bulcken & Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

When her father persuades their colony to kill all the birds because they are eating the crops, Almira joins the schoolmaster in trying to prove that the birds...

The Storytelling Princess

by Martin, Rafe & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Having survived a shipwreck, a princess tries to tell a prince a story whose ending he does not know and thus qualify for his hand in marriage.

The Peddler's Gift

by Schur, Maxine & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

A young boy in turn-of-the-century rural Russia learns that appearances are often deceiving after he steals and then tries to return a dreidel to the traveling...

Bronco Busters

by Herzig, Alison Cragin & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Three rough, tough bronco busters can't tame a little black pony, but a small, quiet cowboy talks to him and brings him water, and then quietly rides away with...

The True Tale of Johnny Appleseed

by Hodges, Margaret & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.

Junk Pile!

by Borton, Lady & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Helping out in her father's auto junk yard has taught Jamie how to fix the schoolbus, but the other children's teasing still hurts until she learns how to fix ...