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Leah's Pony
Elizabeth Friedrich
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Description for Leah's Pony
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Garland, Michael. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: YFT; YX. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 280 x 255 x 4. Weight in Grams: 177.
Set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, here is a moving story that Parents Magazine calls a "poignant tale of how a little girl with a big heart saves the family farm and inspires an entire town."
Leah's pony is swift and strong. Together they ride, crossing through cornfields and over pastures, chasing cattle as they gallop under summer skies. Then one year, the corn grows no taller than a man's thumb. Locusts blacken the sky, and the earth turns to dust. Gone were the cornfields and pastures where Leah and her pony used to ride. It is ... Read more
Set in the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, here is a moving story that Parents Magazine calls a "poignant tale of how a little girl with a big heart saves the family farm and inspires an entire town."
Leah's pony is swift and strong. Together they ride, crossing through cornfields and over pastures, chasing cattle as they gallop under summer skies. Then one year, the corn grows no taller than a man's thumb. Locusts blacken the sky, and the earth turns to dust. Gone were the cornfields and pastures where Leah and her pony used to ride. It is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
32
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781563978289
SKU
V9781563978289
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Elizabeth Friedrich
Elizabeth Friedrich is the author of many books, including The Story of God's Love, which has sold over a half-million copies. She lives in Stratham, New Hampshire. Michael Garland is the author and illustrator of Angel Cat, among many other titles. He lives in Patterson, New York.
Reviews for Leah's Pony
★ "A fine example of successful historical fiction in picture book format. Leah's parents are farmers in the Great Plains of the 1930s... the oil paintings with subdued color values have great intensity, especially several that catch their subjects full-face and frozen at the peak of strong emotional reactions. Impact is enhanced by the starkness of the setting and the illustrations' ... Read more