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Manufacturer: Sandpiper
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Embarking on a new life, Zoe and her family journey west to the Nebraska Territory in the 1800s.
When Zoe and her family arrive at their claim, nothing distinguishes it from the miles and miles of surrounding prairie. Even after they build their soddie, the home can't be seen from any distance. Zoe has never seen Papa so happy or Mama so sad. But when she takes a trip to the small prairie town with Papa, Zoe sees something that might make a difference to their new soddie, and to Mama's life, too.



DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780152024079
ISBN: 0152024077
Label: Sandpiper
Manufacturer: Sandpiper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher: Sandpiper
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Sandpiper


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Not just any book but a piece of great literature
Comment: On its face, this is a wonderful story of a pioneer family that moves to Nebraska to claim vacant land that is being given away for free. But it is so much more than a quaint story, as the author adeptly paints for the reader a picture of who each character is, how they feel about the move, and the subtleties of how they interact with each other. The transplanted dandelions are a beautiful symbol of the difficulties of moving to a strange place and starting anew. And all is done through the eyes of one of the children.

A word of caution, though. Because of the subtleties and nuances of language in the book, I would not recommend the book for young children. Without an understanding of what is suggested and not expressly written, only the basic story can be grasped, which by itself would be a bit boring and would struggle to maintain a young child's attention.

Customer Rating:
Summary: dandy dandylions
Comment: Dandelions is one of the best books I have ever read. It tells about the historic events about everybody moving to the Great Plains. It shows the hardships the people back then had to go through. I was a very true book.

I also liked the characters, too.They had cool talents and were funny like when Rebecca said, "We really dug a hole to China?", the author made me feel sad for them. He explains the characters well, too. It is one of the best books I have ever read because of how good the author writes this book.

Tucker DME

Customer Rating:
Summary: Dandelions Rule! :]
Comment: My favorite book buddy book is called "Dandelions". I like it because alot because it really makes me realise what i have.It's very touching story to read.I realise that how much I really have! I need to be greacous,I need to spend more time with my family,too.
It teaches me I need to work and play less.I don't need to ask for everything I see.Now I realize how much I have and that I need to love my family more and more,also appreciate them.This book is great.I love this book.
By:Gracen Kerr

Customer Rating:
Summary: the dandelions of adventure
Comment: How you ever felt good of what you have accomplished? Well I have!The book Dandelions was very touching to me because people like me at my age should be thanking God because we don't have to move around and build sodies. It's sad because they had to dig a hole to get some water in a little water bucket. It is a lot of hard work to dig up a hole and get some water every day. Their house was made out of mud and water, sometimes snakes would come out of the walls!

It would be awesome to meet the people in the book if they were real. It would also be awesome if wagons were still here in modern time. If you sell it to someone who likes old history wagons,they would be interested. I think the book was inspiring to me because it would want to make me a better person. Papa said'Mama and I have to talk things over with you'. When I read that it made me want to read it again. It was very interesting.

Ruth
DME

Customer Rating:
Summary: dandelions
Comment: I picked DANDELIONS because it taught us about the 1800's. And how people lived back then. And how bad it was then. And how hard they tried to get there.

The people had to build sod houses. And how people died on the way to the prairie. But when they got there nobody was there. Some people went back. That is what I thought about DANDELIONS.

Kie
DME

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