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262 pages, 5.25 x 8", Ages 8+
ISBN 9781930900967, Hardcover, $21.95.

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Little Britches:
Father and I were Ranchers
by Ralph Moody
illustrated by Edward Shenton, cover by Algot Stenbery

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, the pleasures and perils of ranching in the early twentieth century are experienced... auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms all give authentic color to Little Britches. So do wonderfully told adventures, which equip Ralph for the path his life will take.

Download free, high resolution Little Britches coloring sheets!

"[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."—Chicago Sunday Tribune

"This is a gallant book—from the first sentence until the last. It is a true story, written in the first person, written without sentimentality but with extraordinary drama."—Christian Science Monitor

"A most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers."—San Francisco Chronicle

"You will search long . . . To find a more disarming and refreshing account of family life than Ralph Moody has set down in Little Britches."—Chicago Sunday Tribune

"Enthusiastically recommended for young and old."—Library Journal


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