Willow Creek Home

by Janice Jordan Shefelman

Book Overview

A summer of drought and epidemic illness in 1847 forces Mina, Papa, and his new wife, Lisette, to move on from Fredericksburg, Texas, to a larger land grant deep in Comanche territory. This is the sequel to Janice Jordan Shefelman's "A Paradise Called Texas," and the second book in her popular early Texas trilogy. Illustrated by Tom, Karl & Dan Shefelman.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890156379
• ISBN13: 9780890156377
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Eakin Press
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 5 years and up
• Grade Range: Preschool and higher

Customer Reviews

willow creek home

non-fiction Three sentence summary:Mina, Papa and mina's little sister where left to protect themselves. The indians where stilling there food. Finally the indains and the people became friend. What I likes most about the book:It told about the olden days, and it taught me a really good life leason on how the people lived back in the olden days and how we have a really good life. What i didn't like and why:It as really long and confusing because it was hard to to understand. my favorite character and why: My favorite character is Mina because she nows how to protect the family. The scene, line, or passage that meantsomething to me and why( page #):A line in the book told me that she wasn't afraid of an indian " as she put the double barrel shout gun trogh the whole in the wall".(52) What i would say about this book to someone else: Its really good because it tells how to trat others. One question I have after reading this book: how did they get all the money for the food and there clothes? My strongest reason for recomminding this book: A really good idea of what life was like about to appreseate what you get and not want.

willow creek home

Three sentence summary: Mina, Papa, and mina's little sister where lef to protect themselfs. Th indians where stilling their food. Finally the indains and the people became friends. What i likes abou the book: I taught me a good lilfe leason on how they used to live. What i didn't like and why: It as hard to understand because it was counfusing. My favorite chracter and why: Mina because she was not afiad of anything. The line in the book that told em that( page #): She put the double barrel shot gun through the whole in the wall. What i would say to someone else: It is a really good book and has alot of fun thing in it. One puestion i have is: How did they get all of their money. My stongest recommending this book is: It tells how we have a good life and get everything we want.

ONE OUT OF A GREAT SERIES!!!

I teach 5th grade in Texas. We had the honor of having Mrs. Shefelman visit our school. Before her visit each teacher read one of the three books in the series. I read Willow Creek Home. What an outstanding story. My students begged for more. I think the book meant more to my students knowing that it was based on one of Shefelman's relatives. Buy all three, you won't be sorry. The other two books are A Paradise Called Texas and Spirit of Iron.