Corn-Farm Boy
ืืืงืณ 2015 ยท Open Road Media
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An Iowa farm boy longs to quit school and join his dad working the land
Dick comes home from school early and tells his mother he was sent home with a stomachache. She puts him to bed and tells him to get some sleep, but Dick canโt shut his eyes for a second. All his life heโs wanted to be a farmerโto quit school and join his father and brother driving tractors across their sprawling propertyโand today is his chance. His father is getting a 2nd tractor, and heโll need Dick to drive it. Dick is certain that thereโs nothing on the farm that he canโt handle. But when he gets a taste of farmerโs work, will he be so sure itโs the life for him?
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This charming novel offers a detailed look at life on a farm and a snapshot of a time when a boy could quit school to work in the fields.
Dick comes home from school early and tells his mother he was sent home with a stomachache. She puts him to bed and tells him to get some sleep, but Dick canโt shut his eyes for a second. All his life heโs wanted to be a farmerโto quit school and join his father and brother driving tractors across their sprawling propertyโand today is his chance. His father is getting a 2nd tractor, and heโll need Dick to drive it. Dick is certain that thereโs nothing on the farm that he canโt handle. But when he gets a taste of farmerโs work, will he be so sure itโs the life for him?
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This charming novel offers a detailed look at life on a farm and a snapshot of a time when a boy could quit school to work in the fields.
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Born in Springfield, Ohio, in 1893, Lois Lenski achieved acclaim as both an author and illustrator of childrenโs literature. For her Regional America series, Lenski traveled to each of the places that became a subject of one of her books. She did meticulous research and spoke with children and adults in the various regions to create stories depicting the lives of the inhabitants of those areas. Her novel of Florida farm life,ย Strawberry Girl, won the Newbery Award in 1946. She also received a Newbery Honor in 1942 forย Indian Captive, a fictionalized account of the life of Mary Jemison. Lenski died in 1974.
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