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Wagon Wheels by Barbara Brenner (1978, Hardcover)

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This book, titled "Wagon Wheels" by Barbara Brenner, is a great addition to any juvenile fiction collection. Published in 1978 by HarperCollins, this hardcover book is part of the I Can Read Level 3 Ser. and has 64 pages. The book is in English and has an illustrator, Don Bolognese, who brings the story to life. The book is about the history of the United States and the African American people. It covers topics such as readers/beginner, historical/United States/general, and people/places/United States/general. The book measures 8.5 inches in length, 5.9 inches in width, and 0.4 inches in height, and weighs 8.8 ounces. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the United States and the African American people.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100060206683

ISBN-139780060206680

eBay Product ID (ePID)20148

Product Key Features

Book TitleWagon Wheels

Number of Pages64 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1978

TopicReaders / Beginner, Historical / United States / General, People & Places / United States / African American, General, People & Places / United States / General, Media Tie-In

IllustratorBolognese, Don, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorBarbara Brenner

Book SeriesI Can Read Level 3 Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN92-018780

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromKindergarten

Grade ToThird Grade

Dewey Decimal[E]

SynopsisBased on a true story, Wagon Wheels tells a powerful and overlooked story of the country's post-Civil War era. Formerly enslaved Ed Muldie and his family travel to Kansas in 1878 to claim land under the Homestead Act. Mother dies on the journey from Kentucky. The family joins a free Black community in Nicodemus, Kansas. They survive a difficult winter thanks to help from the Osage Native community. But in spring Daddy must leave the boys to find better land for farming. The two older boys, eleven and eight, take care of their three-year-old brother in these difficult times. Then a letter arrives via Pony Express. Daddy has settled and gives the boys a map to follow. The three boys must begin their own journey. They must care for one another as they travel 150 miles on foot to join him in their new home. "The Muldies' story gives beginning readers a glimpse of homesteaders' life and, specifically, an awareness of the Black groups in Kansas--and the boys' impressive feats of coping make for...genuine human interest." (Kirkus) Wagon Wheels is a Level Three I Can Read book. Level 3 includes many fun subjects kids love to read about on their own. Themes include friendship, adventure, historical fiction, and science. Level Three books are written for early independent readers. They include some challenging words and more complex themes and stories., A young African-American boy describes the wilderness adventures of his pioneering family in Kansas in the 1870s. 'It 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.' --BL. Notable Children's Books of 1978 (ALA) A Reading Rainbow Selection Notable 1978 Children's Trade Books in Social Studies (NCSS/CBC)

LC Classification NumberPZ7.B7518Wag 1978