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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-100670533289
ISBN-139780670533282
eBay Product ID (ePID)80711
Product Key Features
Book TitleOx-Cart Man
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, concepts / Seasons, Lifestyles / Farm & Ranch Life, General, People & Places / United States / General
Publication Year1979
IllustratorCooney, Barbara, Yes
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorDonald Hall
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight13.6 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width10.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
LCCN79-014466
Reviews"Like a pastoral symphony translated into picture book format, the stunning combination of text and illustrations recreates the mood of 19th-century rural New England."-- The Horn Book
Dewey Edition19
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToKindergarten
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisWinner of the Caldecott Medal Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one New Englander and his family. The oxcart man packs his goods - the wool from his sheep, the shawl his wife made, the mittens his daughter knitted, and the linen they wove. He packs the birch brooms his son carved, and even a bag of goose feathers from the barnyard geese. He travels over hills, through valleys, by streams, past farms and villages. At Portsmouth Market he sells his goods, one by one - even his beloved ox. Then, with his pockets full of coins, he wanders through the market, buying provisions for his family, and returns to his home. And the cycle begins again. "Like a pastoral symphony translated into picture book format, the stunning combination of text and illustrations recreates the mood of 19-century rural New England."-- The Horn Book