Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town

Going West! Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town (A Kaleidoscope Kids Book) by Carol A. Johmann and Elizabeth J. Rieth

It's wagons, ho as you...

• travel the Oregon Trail,
• make true-to-life choices,
• use your ingenuity, and discover the true spirit of the American frontier — alive and well inside you!

With this book, you get to do all these things... and even more! Join in the fun on a whirlwind trip across North America in the mid-1800s on canal boat, steamboat, railroad, and your own prairie schooner as you experience the American West as it was back then!

• Join a Nation of Movers! — Catch Western Fever; become an expansion booster; travel the Erie Canal and construct a working canal lock; build a paddleboat to take down the Ohio River; build a prairie schooner in Independence and stock it for the trip; make some "bump along" butter and dry some fruit; lay some track to ride the rails; and construct a model of Fort Laramie!
• Decisions, decisions! — Every decision could mean life or death: Should you travel with 12 families or 100? Pull your wagon with oxen or mules? Replace worn shoes or buy a spare wagon wheel? Keep Ma's china or "leeverite"? Cross the river or rest the animals? Farm in Oregon Country or pan for gold in California? You decide!
• Meet the people; see the sites! — Say hello to the immigrants and emigrants; talk with the canal "hoggees"; listen carefully to the widsom of Tecumseh and Black Hawk; sadly revisit the Trail of Tears; hold a spelling bee with your wagon-train pals; walk through "Pig City"; pan for gold on John Sutter's property; and hold a frolic with your new neighbors in Oregon Country!

Book Details:

• Number of Pages: 96
• Book Size: 10" x 10"
• Book Type: Paperback
• Recommended Ages: 7 through 14
• ISBN 10: 1885593384
• ISBN 13: 978-1885593382

Awards:

• Benjamin Franklin Silver Award

"...the addition of the story (narrated by a fictional child) is likely to encourage children to read it from cover to cover." — School Library Journal

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This book makes learning about history fun, in an interactive, hands-on way.