Author: Bonnie Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: lessons
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2005-04-18
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 061847899X
ISBN-13: 9780618478996

Summer was drawing to a close, and Rachel would soon return to school to begin fifth grade. Like many of her classmates, she was anxious about her friends, the strict Mrs. Kelly, and the timed arithmetic tests, but there was something else worrying Rachel, too. Ever since her baby brother, Matthew, was born, she couldn’t help but notice that her father seemed even more brooding and withdrawn than ever. Confused and concerned by his behavior, Rachel starts demanding answers—but the secret she uncovers raises more questions than it solves. Author Bonnie Geisert transports readers back

Author: Bonnie Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: town, small, desert
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-03-26
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395953871
ISBN-13: 9780395953877

This is the fourth book in the Geiserts" series on small towns which conveys, through simple text and expressive pictures, the wonder and personality of everyday life in the United States. A desert town, once the end of the line for shipping cattle, is no longer a stopping point for the railroad. The town endures blazing heat throughout the summer months, and everyone must find a way to stay cool. Some do their work at night, some take refuge in the air-conditioned store, and everyone moves at a slow pace. The Geiserts have once again captured the authenticity and essence of small-town Ameri

Author: Bonnie Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: town, small, river
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1999-03-29
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0395908914
ISBN-13: 9780395908914

During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, small towns sprouted up along the banks of America’s rivers. Through a year of changing seasons the reader is transported to the days when people’s livelihoods were directly connected to the river. The life of the townsfolk is shown to be an accumulation of events both large and small, from a joyous Halloween parade to the frozen river in winter to the threat of damaging springtime floods. Children and adults alike will pour over these pages of intricate etchings, noticing the changes and happenings of day-to-day, season-to-season lif

Author: Bonnie Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: winter, prairie
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-11-16
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 061868588X
ISBN-13: 9780618685882

The Cresbard school means a lot to sixth grader Rachel Johnson. It means classes with a beloved teacher, important band rehearsals for the upcoming concert in Chicago, and time to hang out with Winnie and Darren and the rest of the town kids. For a twelve year-old living on a remote prairie farm with no phone, school means connection. And that connection is about to be severed. The most dangerous winter that Rachel has ever known is about to descend on Cresbard, marooning her on the farm and keeping her from the school she so desperately loves. Then, in a surprising turn of events, Rachel’s

Author: Arthur Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Childre
Keywords: haystack
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1995-09-25
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0395697220
ISBN-13: 9780395697221

The haystack was once a familiar sight on the prairie landscape. It was a model of the practical and responsible use of natural resources as well as a symbol of pastoral bounty and of the enduring farming tradition. Through Arthur and Bonnie Geisert’s vision the reader will come to see that a haystack was more than just a simple pile of hay. Arthur’s exquisite colored etchings and Bonnie’s informative text bring to life a fascinating heritage that gave support and sustenance to the variety of needs and functions of a working farm.

Author: Arthur Geisert
Publisher: Sandpiper
Keywords: paperbacks, sandpiper, oink
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 1995-09-25
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 0395745160
ISBN-13: 9780395745168

The playful and expressive characters in this book -- Mama Pig and her eight piglets -- speak only one word, "oink," as the piglets run off in search of adventure while Mama naps.

Author: Arthur Geisert
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Keywords: mystery
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2003-09-29
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0618272933
ISBN-13: 9780618272938

When a little piglet accompanies her grandpa to the museum on copying day, she soon discovers that something is amiss. Large sections of the museum"s paintings have been cut out and forgeries sewn in their place. Who would commit such a theft, and how could they have pulled it off? This little piglet is determined to find out. As she searches for clues, beginning detectives can try their hand at a little sleuthing too! Looking closely to discover all that"s hidden among the delightful details in Arthur Geisert"s illustrations, keen observers may just find the key evidence they need to solve