Nowadays it's no big deal or a girl to travel seventy-five Miles. But when Charlotte May Pierstorff wantED to cross seventy-five Miles of Idaho mountains to see HER grandma in 1914. it was a very big deal indeed. There was no highway except the railroad. and a train ticket would have cost her parents a full day's pay. Here is the true story of how May got to visit her grandma. thanks to her won spunk. her father's ingenuity. and the US mail. 00-01 CA Young Reader Medal Masterlist and 01 Colorado Children's Book Award (Pic. Bk Cat.)

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards. It was recognised in the Grades K-3 category by the Young Hoosier Book Award. It was recognised in the Picture Book category by the Georgia Children's Book Award. It also was recognised in the Grades K-2 category by the Buckeye Children's Book Award. It was recognised in the Primary School category by the California Young Reader Medal.

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2000 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Michael O. Tunnell is the author of several books for young readers, as well as educational books in the field of children's literature. A longtime scholar of Lloyd Alexander's work and a professor of children's literature at Brigham Young University, Mr. Tunnell lives in Orem, Utah.