A Pioneer Sampler - The Daily Life of a Pioneer Family in 1840

Zusatztext "Laura Ingalls Wilder meets David Macaulay in this thoroughly engaging book." Publishers Weekly, Starred Informationen zum Autor Barbarba Greenwood worked at a historical museum churning butter, spinning thread, and embroidering cloth before writing A Pioneer Sampler . Klappentext In an unusual blend of fiction and nonfiction, A Pioneer Sampler chronicles one year in the lives of the Robinson family. Illustrated historical notes enlarge on the social history and describe activities related to the stories, from churning butter to predicting the weather. Young readers are invited to try their hand at these tasks to experience a bit of pioneer life. Zusammenfassung In an unusual blend of fiction and nonfiction, A Pioneer Sampler chronicles one year in the lives of the Robinson family. Illustrated historical notes enlarge on the social history and describe activities related to the stories, from churning butter to predicting the weather. Young readers are invited to try their hand at these tasks to experience a bit of pioneer life.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Greenwood, Barbara/ Collins Greenwood
• Assisted by: H. Collins (Illustration), Heather Collins (Illustration)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.1998
• EAN: 9780395883938
• ISBN: 978-0-395-88393-8
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 235 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 20th Century, JUVENILE FICTION: Short Stories, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 19th Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Prehistoric, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / 21st Century, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / United States / State & Local, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Modern, JUVENILE NONFICTION: History / Medieval