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Carolyn Croll (illustrator) and
Nancy Smiler Levinson
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins
Publication date
April 1, 1988
Pages
64
Binding
Library
Book category
Easy Fiction
ISBN-13
9780060238384
ISBN-10
0060238380
Dimensions
0.50 by 6.25 by 8.85 in.
Weight
0.65 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.89
Other format details
juvenile
§As reported by publisher
Amazon.com says people who bought this book also bought:
Riding the Pony Express | The Clue of the Left-handed Envelope/ the Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief | The Long Way to a New Land | Cora Frear | The Paint Brush Kid | Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie | The Long Way Westward | The Chalk Box Kid | Prairie School
Riding the Pony Express | The Clue of the Left-handed Envelope/ the Puzzle of the Pretty Pink Handkerchief | The Long Way to a New Land | Cora Frear | The Paint Brush Kid | Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie | The Long Way Westward | The Chalk Box Kid | Prairie School
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
When a bookwagon comes to her isolated farm, Clara, a young girl with a strong desire to read, must convince her father that books have a place in a busy farmer's life
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Papa will not allow Clara to learn to readâhe says that âFarm people like us do not have time to read." But when the traveling bookwagon, with persuasive Miss Mary at the reins, arrives at their farm, Papa realizes he must change his mind. Based on the true story of Americaâs first âbookmobile.â
Editions
Paperback
Reprint edition from Harpercollins Childrens Books (February 1, 1991)
9780064441346 | details & prices | 64 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.25 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.20 lbs | List price $3.99
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
Library
With Nancy Smiler Levinson |
from Fitzgerald Books (January 1, 2007)
9781424205769 | details & prices | 63 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 0.25 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $13.85
This edition also contains Clara and the Bookwagon
About: Papa will not allow Clara to learn to readâhe says that âFarm people like us do not have time to read.
This edition also contains Clara and the Bookwagon
About: Papa will not allow Clara to learn to readâhe says that âFarm people like us do not have time to read.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Harpercollins (April 1, 1988)
9780060238384 | details & prices | 64 pages | 6.25 × 8.85 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 2-3 | 0.65 lbs | List price $15.89
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
Reinforced
With Nancy Smiler Levinson |
from Demco Media (February 1, 1991)
9780606046367 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | Rec. grade levels 1-2 | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.47
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
About: Clara's dream of enriching her rough life on the family farm is fulfilled when a horse-drawn book wagon visits with the country's first traveling library.
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