Going West - Hardcover

Van Leeuwen, Jean

 
9780803710276: Going West

Synopsis

Follows a family's emigration by prairie schooner from the East, across the plains to Kansas

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Review

"Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."--Publishers Weekly

"The simple vocabulary and evocative pictures provide a quiet beginning for general discussions about the past."--School Library Journal

About the Author

Jean Van Leeuwen (jeanvanleeuwen.com) is the author of more than fifty children's books, including picture books, Easy-to-Read books, and middle-grade fiction. Ms. Van Leeuwen now lives in another small town north of New York City with her husband, Bruce Gavril. She has two grown children, David and Elizabeth, and a young grandchild, who will surely inspire more stories.

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