Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Ox-Cart Man

Ox-Cart Man

Cooney, Barbara
Hall, Donald

Hardcover

ConceptsGeneral Juvenile Fiction

Publisher Price: $18.99

ISBN10: 0670533289
ISBN13: 9780670533282
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: Oct 8 1979
Pages: 36
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.37 Width: 10.70 Depth: 8.52
Language: English
Awards: Caldecott Medal
Winner of the Caldecott Medal

Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one New Englander and his family. The oxcart man packs his goods - the wool from his sheep, the shawl his wife made, the mittens his daughter knitted, and the linen they wove. He packs the birch brooms his son carved, and even a bag of goose feathers from the barnyard geese.

He travels over hills, through valleys, by streams, past farms and villages. At Portsmouth Market he sells his goods, one by one - even his beloved ox. Then, with his pockets full of coins, he wanders through the market, buying provisions for his family, and returns to his home. And the cycle begins again.

Like a pastoral symphony translated into picture book format, the stunning combination of text and illustrations recreates the mood of 19-century rural New England.--The Horn Book

1 different editions

Also available

Also from

Hall, Donald

View All

Also in

General Juvenile Fiction

View All