Books with author Elwyn Allen Smith

Andy Ford and Dave Jackson are garbage collectors in the small town of Pepperville. They get paid for hauling people’s garbage away in little red wagons hitched to their bikes. They take the garbage out to Mr. Warner’s farm at the edge of town and sell it for chicken feed. They’re good kids, but some of the older people, consider the boys a menace and a disgrace to the town. They harass the boys and try to force them out of business. The conflict between the boys and some of the older residents make a hilarious tale. You can’t read this book without bursting out in laughter. This novel is appropriate for ages 10 and up.

Spring RainsA short story about an Indian that dreams of a cougar attack, then awakes to the first rain of spring. He then heads for the high country. Where the cool winds blow. A story about a trapper that heads for lower country with his beloved raccoon, after the first fall freeze.The Maria,An 1800 era teenage boy leaves the family vineyard for a life at sea. The eagle and IA poem about a cowboy moving to the city, and driving out to the country to "wait for his ears to clear"

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