The Secret River

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Book Overview

Hard times have come to the forest, but Calpurnia wants to turn them back into soft times. With her dog Buggy Horse and a tip from old Mother Albirtha, the wisest person in the forest, Calpurnia finds a secret river and catches enough catfish to feed the whole swamp land and even have some left over for Daddy to sell. When she tries to come back, she has to learn the lesson that Sometimes a thing happens once, and does not ever happen anymore ' This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416911790
• ISBN13: 9781416911791
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 10.3" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Magical and mystical. My four year old daughter loves having us read her this book over and over aga

Story is about a little girl and her dog going on an adventure in the woods to find a secret river. She has courage, wit and faith to get through. Very endearing and again beautiful illustrations!