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K-3
Illustrated by
Greg Shed.
In rhyming verse, a girl and her family work to harvest wheat. An impressive amount of information about harvesting before the advent of farm machinery is conveyed by the verse, meant to mimic a harvesting call-and-response song, but the repetition of the chorus phrase "bringing the harvest home" becomes tedious when read aloud. Vivid gouache illustrations depict the family's work.