By Barbara Brenner
Pictures by Don Bolognese
Audio Book
This is the story about the Muldie boys who came to the town of Nicodemus, Kansas. They had a long trip and their mother died on the way. They reached the town and were surprised there were no houses. There were only holes in the ground or dugouts so they could live in them. Ed Muldie said he could build wood house but Mr. Hickman told him there was no time for that because winter was too close. Ed Muldie and his kids got their shovels and made a dugout. Winter came and they ran out of food and thankfully for them the Osage Indians helped them out by dropping food and wood for their fires. When winter was over Ed decided to go look for land with trees and left Johnny, Willie, and little brother by themselves in Nicodemus. When he found some land he sent them a map and a letter telling them to go find him at Solomon City. They got all their things and did exactly what their daddy told them. They traveled for several days until they reached the deer trail he had told them to follow and there they found their daddy.
I would use this in my class because I could play the audio and have them listen to it.
I would use this book for a socials studies lesson. This book can provably be used from 1st to 3rd grade.
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