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Ox-Cart Man | 
 enlarge | Author: Donald Hall
Creator: Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 45133
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 8.1 x 0.2
ISBN: 0140504419
EAN: 9780140504415
ASIN: 0140504419
Publication Date: October 27, 1983
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Condition: BRAND NEW - remainder
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Product Description
A lyrical journey through the seasons and passing years of one New Englander's family evokes the feeling of historical America.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 21 more reviews...
 Beautiful reference to old America September 27, 2008
Emily J. Taylor (Utah)
Here is a beautiful story that is able to tell itself through some of the most incredible pictures ever published. It is a tribute to old-school America and its culture and landscape.
A favorite with my three year old son July 22, 2008
C. Tracy
I loved this book the first time I read it to my three year old son. It is a quality story and the language is wonderful. br / br /It is one we purchased in hardcover because I wanted it to be more durable since we read it several times per week.
I love Oxcart Man! December 7, 2007
B. Z. Weihz (New Jersey)
This is a wonderful book about earlier and simpler days when a family wasted nothing and supported themselves off the land. Each member of the family contributes and their activities change as the seasons do. It's wonderful!
Ox-Cart Man January 19, 2007
Nancy Metheny (Greenwood, Indiana USA)
This is one of my family's all-time favorite children's books, with lovely, quiet pictures and a calm tone in the text. We love the feeling of the "circle of seasons" that it gives, as well as a glimpse back into a simpler era. The story also portrays the ethic of working hard and being rewarded for it. I read it to all five of our children as they were growing up. This Christmas I bought it for our 23 year-old daughter, who had asked for it. She doesn't have children yet; she just loves the book and wanted it for her own library. I was pleased to see Donald Hall's poem, "Ox-Cart Man"-- almost identical to the words in the children's book-- in Garrison Keillor's book called Good Poems, an anthology of poems he selected and arranged.
 Entertaining in a peaceful way January 7, 2007
M. Scott (Virginia)
Gave this account of a year in the life of a farm family to my 2-1/2 year old grandson. Worked, because the first time he asked his father to "read it again." Appealed to me, since it shows a natural cycle of growing/making things, selling them, and starting over. We may not operate quite this way, but it may still provide understanding of the world to a youngster. Appealing pictures, peaceful telling - perhaps the most "exciting" event is the farmer kissing his ox good-bye at market. Maybe a good bedtime story.
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