The Oregon Trail - by Melanie Richardson Dundy (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Reviewed and endorsed by The Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA), the End of the Trail Interpretive Center in Oregon City, and WyoHistory.org. First Place Winner of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award for Historical Fiction (2019). Story narrated by the dedicated (and humorous) ox pulling the covered wagon from Missouri to Oregon.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>Reviewed and endorsed by The Oregon-California Trails Association (OCTA), the End of the Trail Interpretive Center and Museum in Oregon City, and WyoHistory.org. </strong></p><p><strong><em>First Place Winner of the Purple Dragonfly Book Award for Historical Fiction (2019).</em></strong></p><p>Who better to narrate the historic adventure of the Oregon Trail than the dedicated (and humorous) ox pulling the covered wagon from Missouri to Oregon in 1843.<br /> <br /> This informative children's story is narrated by Ollie, the ox pulling the covered wagon for six months over 2,000 miles. He pulls the wagon and the Tyler family, Mr. and Mrs. Tyler and their son, Johnny, on the six-month journey. Ollie Ox shares spellbinding adventures of climbing and descending steep hills, making dangerous river crossings, and meeting and trading with various Indian tribes.</p><p>Beautiful photographs of well-known trail landmarks -- Ash Hollow, Courthouse Rock, Chimney Rock, Independence Rock, Devil's Gate and others -- appear throughout the book along with beautiful watercolors by William Henry Jackson.</p><p>Included is a map from which children can learn, lists of supplies the Tylers needed for the trip, and details about covered wagons. </p><p>It is estimated that 500,000 people made the 2,000 mile trek from Missouri to Oregon. Of that number about 40,000 were children.</p><p> </p><p><em>Formats: <br /> Kindle $4.99<br /> perfect bound paperback $12.95<br /> Hardback $21.95.</em></p><p><em>website: ChildrensBooksByMelanie.com (no apostrophe in "childrens")</em></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> I love this book! Authors seem to feel they need to sacrifice historical accuracy to get a good story or sacrifice a good story for the facts. This book does a great job keeping both intact and fun. <em><strong>-- PaulaThacker, Historic Interpreter at the End of the Trail Center in Oregon City</strong></em></p><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> True to its topic. -- <em><strong>Jim Tompkins, President of the Northwest Chapter of OCTA (Oregon-California Trails Assoc.)</strong></em></p><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong>Great children's chapter book for a unit study about the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail is a very important portion of history. Books like <strong><em>The Oregon Trail -- Ollie's Great Adventure</em></strong> allow kids to experience the trail firsthand, through the eyes of a friendly ox. </p><p>This book would be great as a reader to assign to a child and also as a read-aloud for families to enjoy together. . . . </p><p>I received this book complimentary from the author in exchange for an honest review but the opinion is all mine. <em><strong> -- Lavish Bookshelf</strong></em></p><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> This is a fabulous book for use in the classroom.<br /> * It provides opportunities to build vocabulary, background, content-area knowledge.<br /> * It exposes students to a genre that most (of mine, anyway) are unfamiliar with.<br /> * The text is easily scaffolded for struggling readers.<br /> I recommend the book as a basis for any elementary and early middle school unit on the Oregon Trail. <em><strong> -- CMD</strong></em></p><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> Loved Ollie from the very start. He is very sweet, kind, loves his family and even when things got tough he kept on going. This story begins in Hannibal, Missouri when Ollie's family, Mr. & Mrs. Tyler; their son Johnny and his dog Max head for Oregon. You will love the pictures throughout the book. This book will be enjoyed by all ages but it is also a good book to use for the beginner readers. It shows how hard sometimes it is to leave things you love behind to make it to the goal. I recommend it to everyone!!! <strong>-- Orilla Crider</strong></p><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong>Back in the early days of our country when the Native Americans were not yet feared, we learned that in each tribe was a very special and revered person called "The Storyteller." It was the duty of this person to captivate the tribe members, and specifically the children, to teach them the most important attributes of the wisdom of the tribal masters. They were charismatic and charming, but more, they were filled with wisdom they were able to impart in a manner that was so entertaining one lost the notion that they were learning and never forgot the story because it was so entertaining. It has been my pleasure to meet a real, live Storyteller. Kudos to you and to Ollie and to the person who made Ollie spring to life! A humbling experience my friend! <em><strong>-- Alexa Keating</strong></em></p><p> </p><br>
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