Fort Morgan Public Library

A boy provides a look at life on the prairies of North America and describes the effects of the climate on the people like him who grow up in the heartland of the continent.

Contains detailed profiles of forty-eight major prairie preserves in the U.S. and Canada, each with information on plants and animals, hiking and camping opportunities, advice on when to visit, and directions on how to get there; and includes brief descriptions of 120 smaller preserves.

In 1880, Noah's aunt teaches the reluctant nine-year-old how to read as they explore the Colorado prairie together, Noah pushing Aunt Dora in her wheelchair.

The gripping story of an epic prairie snowstorm that killed hundreds of newly arrived settlers and cast a shadow on the promise of the American frontier. January 12, 1888, began as an unseasonably warm morning across Nebraska, the Dakotas, and Minnesota, the weather so mild that children walked to school without coats and gloves. But that afternoon, without warning, the atmosphere suddenly, violently changed. One moment the air was calm; the next...

Describes summer days growing up on the prairie.

In a moving and bittersweet story, M.J. Andersen chronicles her childhood and adolescence in South Dakota, her departure to forge her own life, and her persistent longing for the landscape she left behind. Her hometown, given the fictional name of Plainville, is so quiet that one local family regularly parks by the tracks to watch the train pass through. Yet small-town life and, especially, the prairie prove to be fertile ground for Andersen's imagination....

Simple text and photographs introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics of prairies.

"A child goes on an adventure to the tall grass prairie of the Kansas Flint Hills, encountering bad weather and harsh climates, as well as encountering the animals and plants that live in this biome. Includes world map of prairies and glossary"--