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By the Shores of Silver Lake

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Author(s):Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Publisher(s): Harper & Brothers
Year Published: 1939
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Biography
Families
Girls Growing Up
Historical Fiction - Pioneers
Pioneers
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 260
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 15872409
Award(s):
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1940

Description

Pa takes a job on the railroad and move Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to the Dakota Territory where they spend the winter in a surveyor’s shanty.

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By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)

Pa takes a job on the railroad and moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Grace and Carrie to the Dakota Territory where they spend the winter in a surveyor’s shack.

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Publisher: Harper & Brothers
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