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Bradby, Marie

Once upon a Farm

32 pp. | Scholastic/Orchard | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-439-31766-5 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Ted Rand. In sometimes clunky rhyming verse, an African-American boy describes the rigors and pleasures of life on a family farm: e.g., "A mule / a tiller / work till dinner. / A stump / a rock / pull till you drop." Illustrated with delicate watercolor images, the story takes a serious turn when the farm, threatened by urban sprawl, is sold.
Reviewer: Sheila M. Geraty

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