A Long Road on a Short Day
2020
First Published
4.10
Average Rating
64
Number of Pages
A short winter day finds Samuel and Papa walking a long road on Samuel's first trading trip. Meeting strangers, practicing good manners, and proud to be in Papa's company, Samuel watches and learns as Papa trades up from almost nothing to the milk cow Mama is yearning for.
Avg Rating
4.10
Number of Ratings
665
5 STARS
35%
4 STARS
42%
3 STARS
20%
2 STARS
2%
1 STARS
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Author
Gary D. Schmidt
Author · 31 books
Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books. He lives on a farm in Alto, Michigan,with his wife and six children, where he splits wood, plants gardens, writes, feeds the wild cats that drop by and wishes that sometimes the sea breeze came that far inland. He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.
