Don't Forget Winona

by Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson

Book Overview

Winona waved her kerchief and called: "Good-bye, cat! Good-bye, swing! Don't forget me!" Like so many Americans in the late 1930s, Winona's family must flee the dust bowl and begin the long trip west to California in hopes of starting a better life. The road they travel is Route 66, now a celebrated historic highway. Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson's beautiful text and the illuminated artwork of Kimberly Bulcken Root bring this one journey of thousands...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060271981
• ISBN13: 9780060271985
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: Joanna Cotler Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

We love this book!

My three year old loves this book, and it has taught her a lot about why people moved during the Dust Bowl (although she's more distracted by other details of the story and doesn't even know she's learning). I have given several as gifts and the parents always report that it's popular. Great pictures and a swell map of Route 66 at the end.

Jump on board!

Anyone who reads Don't Forget Winona, won't.Follow this family migration from Oklahoma to California on Route 66, in the late 1930's as they escape from dust storms and drought to follow their dream. In a compelling story of hope and determination, Jeanne Whitehouse Peterson's beautiful writing brings this family and their journey to life. Kimberly Bulcken Root's sensitive illustrations enhances this celebrationof family and history! A reader from Quakertown, Pa.