A Prairie Year

Description:

The year begins with hockey, icefishing, and a snowmobile race. Spring brings renewal: the arrival of piglets, baby chicks in the farm kitchen; and outside, the fields are seeded. In summer, there’s a dinosaur park to be visited; a calf is groomed for the fair and wheat tested between grandfather’s fingers. In fall, a farm auction becomes a party, trick-or-treating is done by pick-up truck, and Clydesdales are driven by teams competing at the world’s great farm fair. The glorious year ends with the arrival of Santa on the main street at night in a pickup truck, while beyond in the dark is the infinite mystery of the prairies.

subjects: Farm life,  Prairie Provinces,  Juvenile fiction.,  Juvenile fiction,  Prairies,  Fiction,  Short stories,  Agriculture,  Juvenile literature,  Seasons,  Family,  Vie à la ferme,  Ouvrages pour la jeunesse,  Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse