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The Scarecrow's Dance
Yolen, Jane

The Scarecrow's Dance

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing (Aug 25, 2009)
9781416937708
| Hardcover
32 pages | 234 x 282 mm
Dewey 0908
LC Classification PZ8.3.Y76 .Scd 2009
LC Control No. 2008001953

Genre

  • Children

Subject

  • Farm Life - Fiction
  • Prayer - Fiction
  • Scarecrows - Fiction
  • Stories In Rhyme

Plot

Jane Yolen introduces us to the fickle scarecrow, who decides to leave his station and dance away the fall night. He leaps through the fields until he reaches the farmhouse, where he sees a small light in the window. Inside, a boy is saying his prayers, and he offers up a special prayer for the corn that will be harvested in the morning. Humbled, the scarecrow knows what he has to do: He returns to the field and watches over the corn as only he can. Masterfully told, with illustrations by award winner Bagram Ibatoulline, this book has all the makings of a new classic.