Going West!: Journey on a Wagon Train to Settle a Frontier Town by Carol A. Johmann; Elizabeth J. Rieth
	List Price:   $12.95 Unit Price:   $10.36 You Save:   $2.59 (20%) ISBN-10:   1885593384 ISBN-13:   9781885593382 Publisher:   Ideals Publications Series:   Kaleidoscope Kids Bks. Edition:   illustrated Category:   Non-Fiction Pub. Date:   June 2000 Pages:   96 Format:   Trade Paper 2 Ages:   7 to 14 Grades:   2 to 8
Awards
2007  Beehive Children's Fictional Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Description/Notes
Describes the choices and decisions the pioneers faced as they traveled to the American West and built settlements there. Includes activities. As well as information on wagon trains, this book gives good background history involving the opening up of the West & outlines projects that use the crafts & skills of the pioneers. You are there as part of a family of six - from the decision to pack up, to buying the supplies and outfitting the wagon, to the journey to Oregon. Construct a prairie schooner, build a canal lock, and share in the challenges and adventures of America's historic journey West. Wagons, ho! Experience being part of a frontier family of six - from the decision to pack up, to buying the supplies and outfitting the wagon, to the jour-ney to Oregon. Construct a prairie schooner, build a canal lock, and share in the challenges and adventures of America's historic journey West. Young readers participate in this story as a member of a family trekking to Oregon and building a new life in a frontier town, and meet Daniel Boone, Kit Carson, and Lewis & Clark along the way. Illustrations.