Ox-Cart Man
Winner of the Caldecott Medal
The oxcart man travels through New England, selling his goods: wool, shawl, mittens, linen, birch brooms, and goose feathers. He journeys over hills, through valleys, and past farms and villages. At Portsmouth Market, he sells his items, even his ox, and buys provisions for his family. This picture book captures the essence of 19th-century rural New England.
Description
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
Information
Brand: Puffin Books
Publisher Date: 10/27/1983
Author: Donald Hall
UPC: 9780140504415
Ages: 3-6
Pages: 37
