Most Popular Books by Marcia Sewall

In this English folk tale, an unwanted dog is taken in by a little girl whose family''s farm is bewitched. Can this little dog with big ideas help put everything right?

In this Norwegian folk tale, an old widower squire is determined to marry the farmer''s daughter...but she is equally determined he will not.

This moving account of James Towne''s difficult early years is told from the viewpoint of one of its settlers and enhanced by original quotations. During the first summer of 1607, half the James Towne colony died; food was scarce, and the settlers battled oppressive heat and sickness. Over the next few years, supply ships from England became the colony''s lifeline, as they brought much-needed stores of food and carried back offerings from the new land, as well as the settlers'' homesick letters. Conditions began to improve when Captain John Smith was elected president of the colony, and James Towne soon doubled in size. While some of the settlers had been reluctant to work, Smith required participation from all, and the colonists began to take pride in improving their conditions. Furthermore, by learning the native language and befriending a Native American girl named Pocahontas, Smith was able to establish, temporarily, an uneasy peace between the settlers and the natives whose land they had taken. As new settlers began to arrive from England though, the resources of the budding colony were strained, and in the autumn of 1609 the colony suffered a Starving Time. Deciding to abandon James Towne at last, the colonists headed back toward England, only to have their journey intercepted by a messenger, who informed the settlers that new leaders sent by the King were due to arrive in the flailing colony any day, and urged them to return. Not for long after their arrival, the discouraged James Towne colonists were met by a new governor and a ship full of healthy passengers with enough supplies and hope to work together to ensure James Towne''s survival.

An illustrated introduction of the life and times of the Pilgrims chronicles their daily chores, their struggles, their relationship with the Native Americans, and their existence in their new land. Reprint.

An illustrated version of a traditional "penny rhyme" describing some unusual sights.

Follows the adventures of a brave but foolhardy bronco buster as he meets his match in the horse called "Strawberry Roan". Based on an old Western folksong.

Provides you with ready to go reproducible skill development activities to support the book ''Stone fox'' in which Little Willie hopes to pay the back taxes on his grandfather''s farm with the purse from a dog sled race he enters.

Rooted in Rocky Mountain legend, this is the story of a 10-year-old boy and a legendary Indian, each determined to win a race and a prize.