An IRA-CBC Children s Choice Book.The drama of this unbelievable but true story is enhanced by Ted Rand s stunning illustrations. In June 1783, three-year-old Sarah Whitcher wanders into the woods and disappears.For three long days, friends and neighbors search fruitlessly for her. Then a stranger leads the desperate family to a pine tree beneath which the child lies. Sarah tells her rescuers of the big black dog that kept her warm every night but the bear tracks encircling her tell a different tale. A treat for pioneer story buffs. School Library Journal"
An IRA-CBC Children s Choice Book.The drama of this unbelievable but true story is enhanced by Ted Rand s stunning illustrations. In June 1...
Quila MacFarlane is devastated by the death of her mother, especially now that it's just her and her father on Devils Rock where her father is the lighthouse keeper. They can't leave and almost no one ever comes to visit them. But the morning after a storm, something floats ashore that changes their lives forever: Two small mattresses strapped together, and inside, a baby They name her Cecelia, which means "a gift from the sea," and call her Celia. She makes them a family again-and helps heal the hurt left by Quila's mother's passing. Two years later, though, another stranger arrives, one...
Quila MacFarlane is devastated by the death of her mother, especially now that it's just her and her father on Devils Rock where her father is the lig...