Sod Houses on the Great Plains

by Glen Rounds

Book Overview

How sod houses were built and lived in. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823411621
• ISBN13: 9780823411627
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

THE WAY WE WERE

Born in a sod house in North Dakota, Glen Rounds well knows of what he writes. His discerningly spare illustrations and trenchant text perfectly relate how sod houses were built and lived in. A good lesson for youngsters in how others have lived.

A clear picture of life on the Plains

This book will hold the interest of adults and children alike. Teachers and homeschool parents especially need to include it in a unit on the West. Mr. Rounds gives us a clear idea of what life in a sod house was really like: cramped quarters, leaky roofs, and uninvited wildlife falling through the roof. The illustrations in subdued pastels are almost childlike in their simplicity and very effectively visualize the text. I highly recommend it.