Roughing it on the Oregon Trail (Time-traveling Twins) - Hardcover

Stanley, Diane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060270659 ISBN 13: 9780060270650

Publisher: William Morrow, 2000

Synopsis

When Liz and Lenny's grandmother uses her magical hat to transport them all to the time of the pioneers in 1843, their grand adventure begins as they spend eight grueling months traveling across harsh terrain in an attempt to reach the other side of the country at the end of the Oregon Trail.

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Review:

"Stanley's wit and authority are very much in evidence.... [She] does for history what Joanna Cole and her Magic School Bus do for science." --"The Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books"Stanley gives a humorous and historically accurate account.... Even history buffs will find something new in this description.... Berry provides appealing illustrations, rich in detail."--"Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Book Links Lasting Connections, and was an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Cup and the Crown; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; and A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work.

Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060270659
• ISBN 13: 9780060270650
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30
• Illustrator: Berry Holly