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    Going West

    Author Jean Van Leeuwen
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    $9.99 US
    Penguin Young Readers | Puffin Books
    10.44"W x 8.44"H x 0.16"D  
    On sale Aug 01, 1997 | 48 Pages | 9780140560961
    Up to Kindergarten
    Reading Level: Lexile AD600L | Fountas & Pinnell O
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    Award-winning author Jean Van Leeuwen tells the moving story of a pioneer family during the Westward Expansion

    One day in early spring they packed everything they had into our wagon, and set out to find a new home. Sleeping under the stars, weathering terrible storms, and fording swollen rivers, Hannah and her family made the journey of a lifetime.


    An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.

    "Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."—Publishers Weekly
    Jean Van Leeuwen is the author of more than fifty children's books, including picture books, Easy-to-Read books, and middle-grade fiction. Ms. Van Leeuwen lives in a small town north of New York City with her husband, Bruce Gavril. She has two grown children, David and Elizabeth, and a young grandchild, who will surely inspire more stories. View titles by Jean Van Leeuwen
    "Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."—Publishers Weekly

    "The simple vocabulary and evocative pictures provide a quiet beginning for general discussions about the past."—School Library Journal 

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    Award-winning author Jean Van Leeuwen tells the moving story of a pioneer family during the Westward Expansion

    One day in early spring they packed everything they had into our wagon, and set out to find a new home. Sleeping under the stars, weathering terrible storms, and fording swollen rivers, Hannah and her family made the journey of a lifetime.


    An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.

    "Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."—Publishers Weekly

    Author

    Jean Van Leeuwen is the author of more than fifty children's books, including picture books, Easy-to-Read books, and middle-grade fiction. Ms. Van Leeuwen lives in a small town north of New York City with her husband, Bruce Gavril. She has two grown children, David and Elizabeth, and a young grandchild, who will surely inspire more stories. View titles by Jean Van Leeuwen

    Praise

    "Like pages torn from a frontier journal, stirring sketches and lyrical text form a moving tribute to the brave families to whom the book is dedicated."—Publishers Weekly

    "The simple vocabulary and evocative pictures provide a quiet beginning for general discussions about the past."—School Library Journal 

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