Long ago in Nowhere, Texas, Mama and Papa Upagainsit agree to take in the wild baby their five children find in a passing tumbleweed, despite the objections of the one who used to be "the littlest-of-all girl."Ī young girl describes her family's experiences-and her younger sister's antics - when a drought forces them to make their wayon Route 66 from Oklahoma to California.Ī Christmas Tale About the Rockefeller Center Tree The spun-candy-and-sea-spray world of the Atlantic City boardwalk of the 1930s comes alive once again in the powerful artistry of Ted Lewin and the nostalgic story of a young girl who dreams of being the rider of the high-diving horse. KEY: jP = Picture Books jZ = 1st and 2nd Grade Readers jE = 3rd and 4th Grade Readers JF = 5th Grade and UpĪ young girl sells her horse and raises enough money to buy back her father's tractor, which is up for auction, in this story of a Depression era farm.
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