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K-3
Ready-to-Read: Childhood of Famous Americans series.
In a story purportedly based on an incident from Oakley's childhood, young Annie Mosey's father goes to town for supplies. While awaiting his return, Annie makes a quail trap, which proves handy when Father arrives home nearly frozen from a blizzard: Annie helps to feed her family. The story is dramatic, but it has a choppiness that the inviting art can't completely mitigate. Timeline.