Baby in a Basket - Hardcover

Rand, Gloria

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525652337 ISBN 13: 9780525652335

Publisher: Dutton Juvenile, 1997

Synopsis

Offers the true-life story of Baby Ann who vanished after the family and their belongings were separated when their sleigh accidentally broke through the ice during a mid-winter journey in Alaska in 1917.

About this title

About the Author:

Husband and wife team Ted and Gloria Rand have collaborated on a number of books for children. The Rands live on Mercer Island, Washington.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 1-3?Using a true story from 1917 Alaska, the Rands have created a perfect marriage of text and illustration. Traveling from Fairbanks to Seattle in midwinter, Marie Boyer and her two daughters, Betty and Ann, are among passengers and freight tossed into an icebound river when the horses pulling their big sleigh panic. Betty is pulled under the ice and Ann, in her snug basket, vanishes in the Arctic dark. Rescued, Betty and the other passengers are comforted at a nearby lodge while a desperate search is mounted to find Ann. At the last moment, two trappers arrive to a joyous reception, carrying basket and baby Ann, discovered sliding down the river atop the ice, pushed by the freezing wind. Gloria Rand's detailed, dramatic text is well matched by Ted Rand's robustly wintry illustrations, and presents the hardships faced by Alaskan pioneers in a manner comprehensible to the young. Almost unbelievable in these days of jet planes and superhighways, this gripping tale of near tragedy will enrich a social studies curriculum. Even more, though, it's an exciting "good read."?Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library,
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0525652337
• ISBN 13: 9780525652335
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Rand Ted