Milkman's Boy

by Donald Hall

Book Overview

Tells the story of the Graves Family Dairy, whose three horses pulled the wagons delivering milk to families in the years before trucks and shopping centers replaced them. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802784631
• ISBN13: 9780802784636
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Walker & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 11.4" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great story line.

Good story line from when milk was fresh from a neighborhood dairy. Nice living book, plus we received an excellent price on it. I'm glad we have this in our children's library of books. Wonderful pictures.

A Short History of Milk

This is a great story of a family who runs a milk business in the days when milk was delivered by horse and wagon and pasteurization was just getting underway. It tells the joy of the work the family did and how they realized how important pasteurization was to people. Good simple history told by one family's experience.

Wonderful story and illustrations

This is a wonderful story about a family dairy farm at the turn of the 20th century and how they struggled to adapt to changing technology and the growth of the population around them. The illustrations are also beautiful and give the story a warm, historic feel.