Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails by Verla Kay

Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails Reviews

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  Brittney

  This book is about pioneers heading to California to begin their new lives. Along their way, they experience new lands and all sorts of weather. This book is written as a poem about their journey that includes short descriptions about their journey out west. I really like that this book rhymes because it keeps the attention of young children. I could see this book being used in a classroom to educate children about the movement to the west. I really liked the cartoon-like illustrations that focus in on the small family that is moving the California.
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  Shari

  One of my favorite Verla Kay stories. Light yet powerful rhyming verse tells the struggles of American pioneers heading west in the mid 1800s.
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  Dan Blackley

  In her signature rhyming style, Kay tells the story of the pioneers forging across America.
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  Kelly

  Loved this one!
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  Heather

  38 months - good rhyme and pictures have great detail but I was left wanting a bit more content about the journey. The map is awesome especially with the months written on the map. We talked about how long the journey would take based on the time between family birthdays and events between May and September. And how it only takes a day to drive through the mountains now but by wagon it would have taken a month.
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  Tracey M. Cox

  Would you have liked to have been a pioneer? In "Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails" you'll get to take a journey with a family as they travel West.
  
  "Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails" lets you witness the hardship and the heartaches that traveling by horse and wagon use to bring. Then to show you the pride of finishing and the feeling  of a well done job.
  
  S.D. Schindler's illustrations bring out the humor and bounciness in Verla Kay's text.
  
  "Covered Wagons, Bumpy Trails" is written by Verla Kay.
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  Shawna

  This book that gives the chilren a fairly accurate depiction of what travelingto the West was like could be used in so many ways. You could use it with any Social Studies unit as a poetry extension or a short way to show how hard it was to get to the west. It could used along with Traveling trunks and the National Park Trunks.
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  Aileen Stewart

  Told in beautifully flowing rhyme, the story follows a family of three on their long journey west. Through hardships including foul weather, rocky mountains, and parched land, they forged on until they found their own promise land. Although this book is over fifteen years old, it is well worth the search.
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  Sarah

  We enjoy this one often. (my 4yo and I)
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  LeeAnn

  Enjoyable. This one came out the year I met Verla at the Inland NW SCBWI Conference. Great author and generous fellow writer.
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  Danette

  Read with Naomi.