Brookfield friends
Maria D. Wilkes
Caroline Quiner, who grows up to become the mother of Laura Ingalls Wilder, spends time with neighbors, makes a new friend, and attends the Maple Frolic in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.
Read Time: ~0.5 hr
A Fourth of July on the plains
by Jean Van Leeuwen (1997)
About this book
Young Jesse and his family are with a wagon train traveling from Indiana to Oregon when they stop to celebrate the Fourth of July, but Jesse is too young to go hunting with the men so he comes up with his own contribution to the festivities.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreA Fourth of July on the plains Lead Character
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