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Keywords

adventures, animals, antarctica, assertiveness, boat, cow, critical thinking, dancing, decision making, family, farm, feelings, history, illness, jealousy, pig, pride, seasons, self esteem, summer, time, transportation, verbal communication, winter

Title

Something to tell the grandcows

Description

Hoping to have a wonderful adventure to tell her grandcows, Emmadine volunteers to go to the South Pole in 1933. Emmadine learns a lot of interesting facts about Antarctica. After being there for a while, Emmadine misses the other animals on the farm. When she returns home from her adventure, her grandcows are very impressed with her experiences on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition

Author

Spinelli, Eileen

Publisher

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Illustrator

Slavin, Bill

ISBN

0-8028-5236-X

City of Publication

Grand Rapids, MI

Year of Publication

2004

Author of Abstract

Abstract provided by Carrie Minges, 2006

Citation

Spinelli, Eileen, “Something to tell the grandcows,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed September 30, 2023, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13358.