Kay, Verla

Simple rhyming text presents the everyday life of a young girl, living on a Pennsylvania farm in the early eighteenth century, who is quickly outgrowing her dress.

In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.

Rhyming verse chronicles the life of Charley Parkhurst, an orphan who grew up to become a legendary stagecoach driver, and whose death revealed a surprising secret.

Native American boy Broken Feather senses trouble is coming when the white man arrives, disrupting his tribe's traditional way of life.

A family's cross-country communication changes during the development and demise of the Pony Express.

Illustrations and rhyming text tell the story of a sister and two brothers who become orphans, are taken in, and make a journey aboard an orphan train to separate new homes.

Two brothers spend a year attending a one-room schoolhouse on the frontier.

When the Confederate Army calls, Johnny puts aside playing games with his sisters and leaves his plantation home to serve as a drummer boy.

In this brief rhyming story set during the gold rush, Jasper leaves his family and farm to pursue his dream of finding gold.

Illustrations and simple rhyming text follow a family as they make the difficult journey by wagon to a new home across the Rocky Mountains.