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40 pp.
| Down East |
May, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-89272-762-9$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Amy Huntington.
Fearing he will have to give up his farm when his horse becomes too old to work, Jean du Bois and his grandson Ti'Jean find a clever solution in Muskeg, the moose they rescued when he was an orphaned calf. The lengthy text presents a bygone farming era. Full-spread paintings, though stiff, depict Maine in all its seasonal glories. Glos.