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Atheneum Books for Young Readers, October 2008
Hardcover, 40 pages
ISBN-10: 1416908129
ISBN-13: 9781416908128
Grades: P - 3
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- Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Award (NY)
- Beehive Award Master List (UT)
- CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
- Christopher Award
- Golden Sower Masterlist (NE)
- Great Lakes Book Award
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award Master List
- Keystone to Reading Book Award (PA)
- Parents' Choice Award
- Storytelling World Award
- Storytelling World Award Honor Book, "Stories for Young Listeners"
- Texas Bluebonnet Master List
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Description
Cal is not the readin' type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains, he'd rather help Pap plow or go out after wandering sheep than try some book learning. Nope. Cal does not want to sit stoney-still reading some chicken scratch. But that Book Woman keeps coming just the same. She comes in the rain. She comes in the snow. She comes right up the side of the mountain, and Cal knows that's not easy riding. And all just to lend his sister some books. Why, that woman must be plain foolish -- or is she braver than he ever thought?
That Book Woman is a rare and moving tale that honors a special part of American history -- the Pack Horse Librarians, who helped untold numbers of children see the stories amid the chicken scratch, and thus made them into lifetime readers.
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How did you come to write this book?
I found an old black and white photograph of a woman on horseback carrying books up a mountain in her saddlebag. I was hooked. I wanted to find out more about "that book woman."
Evansville Courier, June 16, 2009
...women known as the Pack Horse Librarians delivered books and news of the day to Appalachian Kentucky families. Heather Henson's tribute to these women, 'That Book Woman,' introduces us to one of those adventurous souls through the eyes of ...
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