Wagon Wheels
Barbara Brenner, Don Bolognese
Hardcover
(Harper & Row, May 9, 1978)
A young African-American boy describes the wilderness adventures of his pioneering family in Kansas in the 1870s. βIt is remarkable that a writer can convey an accurate sense of historical time and place while telling a warm, realistic (and factual) story to primary graders. Recommended for middle graders with reading difficulties as well as for younger children.β βBL. Notable Children's Books of 1978 (ALA)A Reading Rainbow SelectionNotable 1978 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)
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