1419935
9781890515232
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.Jo Harper is the author of 'Prairie Dog Pioneers', published 2000 under ISBN 9781890515232 and ISBN 189051523X.
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