The Beef Princess of Practical County
$16.98
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2010
Summary
For fans of Lesley M. M. Blume and Jeanne Birdsall, and 4-H members across the country, this is the story of 12-year-old Libby Ryan, coping with the harsh realities of ranch life when she becomes too attached to the steers she is raising for auction at the county fair.
After years of waiting, it is finally Libby Ryan’s turn to shine at the Practical County Fair. Libby is filled with excitement as she and her granddad pick out two calves for her to raise on her family’s cattle farm, in…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780440422709 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0440422701 |
| Author: | Michelle Houts |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Yearling |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2010 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 13mm x 130mm x 192mm |
| Audience Age: | 8-12 |
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Michelle Houts
Michelle Houts lives and writes on a farm in western Ohio where she and the farmer of her dreams are raising three children, some cattle, goats, a whole passel of barn cats, and a Great Pyrenees named Hercules.
Michelle writes for children of all ages, but most of her books are for middle grade readers. The Beef Princess of Practical County was Michelle’s debut novel, winning the International Reading Association Award for Intermediate Fiction and the Nebraska Farm Bureau Children’s Agricultural Book of the Year. The Practical County adventures continued in The Practical County Drama Queen. Michelle is also the author of the magical tale Winterfrost and the nonfiction book Kammie on First: Baseball’s Dottie Kamenshek, the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team the Rockford Peaches’ first baseman, Dottie Kamenshek.
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